Di & Helmut

Austria

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July 2nd 2006
VIENNA We catch a morning bus & arrive in Vienna that afternoon. Austrians speak German so we quickly freshen up on the lingo. Our hostel is called 'wombats' ! It has to be the cleanest place we've stayed. It has free internet & a bar downstairs. We arrive just in time for happy hour, so we dump our bags & head to the bar. I go a bit silly & smack way too many in the first two hours. The mood i ... 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