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Vienna and Eastern Europe |
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Vienna's Schonbrun Palace |
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Austria |
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A good case can be made that Schonbrun in Vienna, Austria is Europe's most attractive palace. It's colorful with lovely gardens, but neither too large nor absurdly ornate. The picture above shows the front of Schonbrun. |
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From the rear gardens, it's impossible to take a bad picture of Schonbrun, also spelled as Schonbrunn. |
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The royal family that lived here was the Habsburgs, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which failed to survive losing World War I. |
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An example of Schonbrun's interior decorations. |
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I think Schonbrun is at its best with the gardens included. |
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Vienna Table of Contents |
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TO MOZART AND STRAUSS |
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TO THE PRATER'S GIANT FERRIS WHEEL |
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TO THE HOFBURG PALACE |
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Eastern Europe Table of Contents |
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Prague |
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TO CASTLE DISTRICT AND CHARLES BRIDGE |
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TO PRAGUE'S OLD TOWN SQUARE |
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Poland |
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TO A GALLERY OF OLD POLAND |
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TO IMAGES OF THE NEW POLAND |
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TO THE BLACK MADONNA |
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TO WARSAW, POLAND'S CAPITAL CITY |
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TO WARSAW'S JEWISH HERITAGE |
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TO AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU DEATH CAMPS |
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TO THE AUSCHWITZ CAMP AND MUSEUM |
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Budapest |
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TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY'S CAPITAL CITY |
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TO JAPAN TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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TO HOME PAGE |
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If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free streaming video of this trip, the second half of "Gondola With the Wind", (after Italy), by clicking on AdventurePics . Please note that the later video "Gondola With the Wind 2" is all Italy. |
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