Odyssey 2018 - Imperial opulence, Baroque splendor, and chilling reminders from the past
March 19th 2018 The weather has been so cold in Vienna since our arrival that we hibernated in our warm and cozy apartment this past weekend. On Sunday, we awoke to find a dusting of snow covering our back patio, and this morning the temperature was a frigid 23 degrees Fahrenheit!
Our thin Florida blood is having a difficult time coping with these conditions, and neither of us can remember when we last experie
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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 
