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High Living: Wealthy Aristocrats, Classical Music, 5

High Living: Wealthy Aristocrats, Classical Music,

July 13th 2009
Geo: 48.2085, 16.3721For the first time since we arrived across the Atlantic, we had breakfast that didn't include a hard roll. Surprisingly, this was a disappointment. What originally seemed strange had grown on us. Oh well.After breakfast we headed across town to the Hofburg, the winter palace of the Hapsburgs. It was even bigger and more elaborate than their summer palace. We think ... read more
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Austrian Flag 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
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