Holiday - Towns and Cities

One day we went to Bad Ischl, which is where Emperor Franz-Joseph had his summer villa.  It's also where he signed the document which took Austro-Hungary into armed conflict with Serbia and thus began World War 1.  It was interesting seeing a facsimile of the letter he wrote to the Austrian people explaining why he was taking that step.  His bedroom has been preserved next to the study where he wrote the letter and looking at it I wondered whether he would have done the same even if he had realised the catastrophe he was unleashing.  I got the impression he would.

( Bad Ischl, Salzburg and Koblenz )