schonbrunn palace stormy weather

Vienna - day 27

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September 2nd 2011
Geo: 48.22, 16.37THEY DRINK WINE WITH SODA HERE....it's like they've been waiting for me to come all these years! I had a tour of Schonbrunn Palace which finished at 5.30, then I had to go back there for a concert at 8.30...I knew if I went back into town with the rest of the tour and back to my hotel I'd pass out, so I dumped the group (again) and stayed and had dinner for one...a ... 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