http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Markus+Jong Travel Markus Jong Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=422108&ca=Travel If you're planning a weekend break in Vienna, here's some advice: leave the diet sheet and the calorie calculator at home. The lure of the Viennese Kaffee Hausen will rob you of all your self- control when confronted by the vast array of cakes and pastries that are an essential ingredient in this tr... World Affairs Markus Jong Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335497&ca=World+Affairs Summer in Vienna is hot and humid. As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at Perchtoldsdorf to escape the oppressive heat of the city. There, Leopold received disturbing news: the war with the Ottoman Empire had taken an alarming turn. The... Travel Markus Jong Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=330777&ca=Travel Museums of Art MuseumQuartier, found a short distance from Hofburg, is a vast complex of museums, studios and other cultural institutions. Some of the institutions found here are The Vienna Architecture Company, which studies and educates on various building styles, Kunsthalle, The Leopold Museum, a...