St Stephan's Cathedral

Needed a bigger Palace....

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May 18th 2015
Monday 18thMay. Spent the day in Vienna. I explored some of the many wonderful parks, visited the Eurovision Village, and the highlight was visiting the Schönbrunn Palace. In the morning I had to do a bit of shopping, and also had discovered that there was a branch of the pastry shop I had looked for yesterday just ten minutes down the road. I found it, and despite the fact that the ... 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