Slovenia – Austria. From the Land of fairy tales to the land of tunnels.
May 20th 2012 Did the Austrian transport department employ an army of troglodytes to build their roads? After crossing the border from Slovenia we seemed to disappear into a tunnel and emerge somewhere near Salzburg! Not quite true, and those parts of the journey in daylight made us realise how stunning the Alps are. Those lofty peaks, seen from afar as the backdrop to our view in Slovenia, were now up close an
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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 
