Not a Mozart ball

Mozart's balls and standing pickles

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September 10th 2012
Geo: 47.8005, 13.0444Breakfast was mostly the usual fare this morning, but it had a little Mediterranean accent. There were olives, as well as marinated olives with feta. Also, sliced tomatoes with mozzarella; hard-boiled eggs too!Our local guide was Brigitte, and she took us first to the Mirabell Gardens. Pretty, but not at all on the scale of, say, Versailles. But there is a wonderful view f ... read more

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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