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Vienna in May
2007.05.18
Just one tram ride away, the old city centre beckons
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Just one tram ride away, the old city centre beckons
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Get off the tram, look to your left, there&#39s the stately Parliament
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Get off the tram, look to your left, there's the stately Parliament
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A little further, Dr Karl Renner marks the corner of Rathauspark
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A little further, Dr Karl Renner marks the corner of Rathauspark
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Other important personages immortalised in the park
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Other important personages immortalised in the park
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Maybe I should have come next year...
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Maybe I should have come next year...
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The Rathaus, from Rathauspark
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The Rathaus, from Rathauspark
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Another of the many statues dotting the city
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Another of the many statues dotting the city
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Further down the Ring, the façade of Vienna University
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Further down the Ring, the façade of Vienna University
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The iconic Stephansdom from afar
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The iconic Stephansdom from afar
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Heading into the city, a monument to the Jews massacred in WW2
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Heading into the city, a monument to the Jews massacred in WW2
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Vienna at 8am on a Friday morning
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Vienna at 8am on a Friday morning
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Close up, Stephansdom looks rather more imposing
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Close up, Stephansdom looks rather more imposing
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Check out the blue skies
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Check out the blue skies
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The French embassy in Vienna. See story below.
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The French embassy in Vienna. See story below.
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Schwarzenbergplatz, a fountain with more than a hundred years of history to its name.
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Schwarzenbergplatz, a fountain with more than a hundred years of history to its name.
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Karlskirche
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Karlskirche
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I must admit I contributed quite a bit to that number
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I must admit I contributed quite a bit to that number
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The Staatsoper
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The Staatsoper
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Sometimes the best things are right beneath your nose...
The story of the French embassy in Vienna goes thus: Around the time when the French were going to build this structure, plans were also tabled for a building to house the embassy in Istanbul. Somehow, the blueprints were accidentally switched, and Vienna ended up with a Turkish-style French embassy, while Istanbul got a Viennese-style one. Go figure. Thanks to Paul.
