Salzburg

Mozart, anyone?

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July 20th 2010
I was up this morning at 3:00. Not because I wanted to be, but because my roommate was flying back to Edmonton with about half the choir, who were leaving for the airport at 4, and I wasn't able to sleep through her prep. I didn't really manage to fall back to sleep until close to 5, and then my alarm went off at 8. The helpful folks at the hotel's front desk pointed out that the train statio ... 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