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Best (and Worst) of Austria

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May 20th 2015
Wednesday 20th May. Not a good day. It started out OK, and finished well, but the middle of the day was not so good. I set off from Vienna for Obertraun. This place is a little off the beaten track, and required two changes of trains to get here. The first leg was on a RailJet train from Vienna to Leoben. This train went through the Semmering Pass, a section of railway that is World Heritage liste ... read more

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Obertraun

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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