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10:30, the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) ... -
... in full trade union demonstration on May 1st. -
Stroll along the Ringstrasse (Ring boulevard) where a statue of Goethe (1749-1832) ... -
... and a statue of Mozart (1756 Salzburg, Vienna 1791) are close ... -
... among the major historical monuments of Vienna. -
Cathy, Yasmine and their corresponding Austrian student -
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Neue Burg (New Wing) of the imperial Hofburg Palace -
The huge imperial Hofburg Palace, a city within a city ... -
... constructed and modified for centuries, ... -
... once was for administer an enormous empire. -
Heldenplatz (Heroes' Square) stand face to face equestrian statues of ... -
... Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (Florence, 1771, Vienna 1847) ... -
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... and Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736). -
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One of the many courtyards of the Hofburg -
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Switzerland door from 1552 connecting two courtyards -
It's in a carriage that many tourists visit ... -
... the historical heart of the city. -
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Back on the Ringstrasse -
Palace of the Parliament (or palace Epstein) ... -
... under the pompompom of May 1st. -
The Burgtheater -
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The Rathaus (Town Hall) -
Yasmine always smiling ... -
Near the Rathaus ... -
... the liveliness ... -
... of the University and its neighborhood. -
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Towers of the Votive Church (Votivkirche) -
In Sigmund Freud Park we turn ... -
... on the Maria-Theresien-Straße (street) ... -
... passing in front of the Barracks Rossauer ... -
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... to join ... -
... an arm of the Danube turned into a canal (the Donaukanal) in the late nineteenth century. -
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Back to the city center ... -
... where many shady streets shelter little cafes ... -
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Place of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna -
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At the center of this baroque neighborhood this cathedral has a gothic style .... -
... with a roof made of glazed tiles, arranged in linear patterns, diagonally. -
Here is a camlet Mozart making the pitch and ... -
... Cathy and Yasmine lend themselves willingly. -
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Beginning of the long and large commercial pedestrian street Kärntner Straße ... -
... which in the spring sunshine and with many musardants walkers has a southern feel. -
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Lunchbreak -
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Back to ... -
... the Opera where ... -
... tranways and cars have resumed their rights to the protesters. -
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2 pm, Yasmine and Cathy in front of the Opera before departing to ... -
... Schönbrunn Palace a few kilometers away. -
From the fourteenth century, many buildings have stood on this site. -
The construction of the present castle began in 1696 but was modified by each of the Austrian emperors ... -
... to finish in today's rococo style in the late eighteenth century. -
As it should be, it has a large ballroom ... -
... we did not hesitate to test. -
In the XIXth century, Emperor Franz Joseph the 1st did the castle his summer home, spent there most of his life ... -
... and died here in 1916, two years before the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
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Part of the Comenius team (England, France, Turkey) on the courthouse steps after the tour. -
Panoramic from the castle on the outside courtyard and the main entrance. -
16:30 departure of some of the Comenius teams from the castle to the airport of Vienna after .... -
... many hugs and many tears. -
Other teams return to Graz ... tired. -
Die Welt von Gestern. Erinnerungen eines Europäers. Stefan Zweig, 1942 - Source Google Books
