On Our Way Back to Schongau

The Hills Are Alive with the Sounds of Mucus

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February 19th 2012
It was another night of hacking and wheezing on my part. I'm fine all day but as soon as I lay down I start coughing. It must be the down or feathers in the comforters. I still got adequate rest but I'm not so sure my mother was getting much of a vacation out of this. I was up at the usual 7 am hour. In this room we were living a much more spartan existence. No TV, no clock, no phone, a ... 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