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Salzburg

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August 7th 2006
Guten Tag! Wie Gehts? Ich bin sehr gut! Although this is the beginning of the journal, this is actually the last full week that I will be in Austria. I'm going to begin by basically just saying a little bit about the city and my first experiences here in Austria. The city of Salzburg is just over the German border and is situated in the "hills" as my host family says, but as you will see ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more