Maturaball

Maturaball!

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December 6th 2014
I have now experienced two famous ‘Matura Ball’s’; The HBLA where Claudia works and the Wimmer Gymnasium which is one of Jacob’s schools. The Matura ball is the Austrian equivalent of our school prom, however is much bigger and exciting and therefore deserves a whole blog post to be dedicated to it. ‘Matura’ is the name of the exams which Austrian school students sit when they finish ... read more

Europe » Austria

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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