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Austria, half way between Vienna and the Saltzkammergut, to be in easy driving range of each. Sometimes I think that if I'm good in this world, G*d will send me to Vienna. All for very subjective reasons - I like the culture, the people, and the landscape, from the Alps to the Danube valley, the architecture of Austria in general, but Vienna especially is such a magnificent fusion of so many cultures and histories and tastes - there is always something wonderful and surprising around every corner - magnificent, but also very human and fun. I was once stuck in Budapest for a conference and was having a hard time with the language and way things run there - and decided to escape on a swift train to Vienna, and when I arrived, it felt like a liberation, like the sun finally was rising after being in a very dark place for a few days. I mean no insult or harm to Budapest, but the sun just shines brighter for me on the other side of the frontier.
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Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice. . . Restraint in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue.
Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
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