Dedlerhaus' Competition

It was actually getting pretty cold as we walked back to our rooms. Everything was closed but there were plenty of interesting window displays. Just a few feet from the Dedlerhaus stood this competing hotel which seemed to be closed for the season. As we walked closer to our hotel we saw a tractor pulling a covered wagon filled with partygoers decked out in pirate's and 17th Century soldier's garb. Electronica disco music was blaring from the wagon full of Mardi Gras celebrants. I was afraid this might be a long night of loud noise and shenanigans. I didn't hear a peep and slept like a baby.

South of the Border

February 17th 2012
You would think that after going 36 hours without sleep, except for a half hour snooze during Shakespeare on the plane, that I would've had a long night's rest once I climbed into bed. Yet I was up most of the night coughing my brains out. I assume I was allergic to the feather bed or some alien German mould in our room. I kept my poor mother awake as well. But when breakfast ... 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

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