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Trip to Vienna

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October 4th 2014
We arrived in Vienna safely on 20 June. Like previous visits, we booked Hotel Cristall near Praterstein station. My mother managed to spot the tourist information centre in the station, and we bought 72-hour Vienna Pass. As we had already bought the single journey tickets to the city centre, we decided to use those first and use the 72-hour pass later. We took the U2 line to go to Stephan ... 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