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This "Greetings From"card is a card that I sent to myself when recently in Vienna..This was posted the day I was leaving and it has take over a month to get here..!!!One from Germany in 9 days...you have to ask yourself.!! What the hell do they do at the Post office!!...not only that.. its a damned machine stamp. I am so pleased that it arrived though as I was thinking that it had gotten lost in its travels.
"Greetings From" AUSTRIA.:
AREA :Austria covers an area of 838,797 KM2. Located in western Europe and has a population of 8,504,850 with over 2100 Post crossing members. CAPITAL CITY is Vienna.
SPORTS : Winter sports are the most popular with Alpine skiing being the most popular along with snow boarding and ski jumping. Austrians drink on average 162 litres of coffee per year.
The first souvenir" picture postcard" was sent from Vienna in 1871. I wonder how long it too to reach its destination !!!
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY : The highest mountain in Austria is Gross Glockner at 3798 Mtrs. Two thirds of the country sits over 500 Mtrs above sea level.
FAMOUS AUSTRIANS include : Sigmund Freud , Gustav Klimt , Ferdinand Porsche ,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
ZOO :The Oldest Zoological Garden in the world is The Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna founded in 1752.:
The sewing machine was invented in 1818 by Josef Madersperger.
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