Vienna near The Secession

Waltzing Vienna

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June 17th 2011
Day 0 - 24hrs later: Phew, finally sitting on the ground. 4:30pm in Vienna. That makes it 7:30am PST. I was at SFO just about this time yesterday. A flight through JFK reached Budapest at 11am. A convenient 30min ride took me to Keleti station at 12:30. So far so good. I just knew that the train to Vienna was going to leave at ~3pm. I was gonna get the ticket squared out and wonder ar ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna

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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