C'est quot le QED?

QED is part of particle physics - a field of study that focuses partly on electrons, protons and neutrons and even smaller objects known as quarks. A hadron is a composite particle made of quarks, held together by the "strong force". These are the things that keep the CERN guys up at night.

Famous Austrians

Erwin Schrodinger - developed fundamental results in quantum theory
Mozart - was born in Salzburg, now Austria, but then part of the Holy Roman Empire, whose first king was Charlemagne

Parts of Vienna

There are a total of twenty three named sections of the City of Vienna, known as Wien in German, which is situated along the Danube River (Donau).

Innere Stadt - District 1 of Vienna, is right in the centre of Vienna.
Leopoldstadt - District 2 of Vienna, named after the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, is North of the Danube Canal. The Nestroyplatz station in Leopoldstadt was built in 1979 and is on Line U1.
Landstrsasse - District 3 of Vienna, in the East and South Eastern portion of maps of Vienna.
Wieden - District 4, very small district South of the City Centre.

These districts were defined from 1850 onwards.

The main railway station in Vienna is the Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station). There is also a U station for Westbahnhof on the U3 and U6 lines. It is the starting point of the West Railway (Westbahn) for trains to Salzburg (300km west of Vienna) operated by Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), a.k.a. Osterreicheische Bundesbahnen, fully owned by the Republic of Austria.

Salzburg is 2.5-3 hours by train.

Useful German

Anzahl Erwachsene: Number of Adults
Winzerzimmer: Tiny Room
Tagespreise: Daily prices (breakdown by day)

Preise & Angebote: Prices and Offers
Hotelangebote: Hotel Offers

Dusche oder Badewanne: Shower or Bathtub
Fruhstuck im Zimmerpreis enthalten: Breakfast included in price
Kostenloses WLAN: Free WI-FI

Rosenbeete: Rose Buds

Ihre Anfrage: Your Request

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

Guide to Prague

Prague Airport (IATA: PRG) is 16km north-west of Prague.

The airport is known as "Prague Airport" or "Vaclav Havel Airport" and sometimes by its older name "Ruzyne". Vaclav (pronounced Vatslav) Havel was the first president of the Czech Republic, and last president of Czechoslovakia.

You may need to understand some basic Czech to navigate your way around the airport.

Prilety refers to "Arrivals". Odlety is "Departures". Pocasi means "Weather". Letenku is "Air Ticket" and Ubytovani is "Hotel".

What's in Wembley?

Wembley is known primarily for the Wembley Stadium, in the London Borough of Brent, opened in 2007, and owned by the Football Association (FA), English football's governing body. It has a capacity of 90,000 people making it the second-largest in Europe (the largest is Camp Nou in Barcelona, with a capacity of 98,000). The Emirates stadium has a capacity of 60,000. Near Wembley Stadium is the Wembley Arena which has various events.