Chicosy chicas, para aquellos a los que les gustan los viajes históricos, este artículo les encantará. En la sección de viajes del Telegraph, Alan Bridge intenta reproducir el viaje final de FF a Sarajevo.
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La última travesía de Franz Ferdinand.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/bosniaherzegovina/10927926/First-World-War-centenary-Franz-Ferdinands-final-journey.htmlLa llegada a Sarajevo
Vienna, Ljubljana, Trieste and Mostar; the Adriatic pearls of Pula, Split, Hvar and Korcula; the mandarin tree-filled Neretva river delta – these were among the last places on Earth upon which the Archduke was to set eyes. La ruta del viaje
Viena a Trieste:
Belvedere, el lugar de partida
Graz, en la ruta a Trieste y lugar de nacimiento de FF
Trieste
De Trieste al Río Neretva
Portoroz
He had elected to take the longer (and, as it turned out, more scenic) route for a number of reasons. As inspector general of the armed forces, it made sense for him to experience for himself life on board the Viribus Unitis (built in Pula, the location of one of the greatest Roman amphitheatres in the world). Another, less savoury, reason lay in the fact that Franz Ferdinand had a fierce antipathy towards Hungarians and wanted to avoid travelling through any part of the empire that was under the control of Budapest. La costa dálmata
Del Río Neretva a Sarajevo
Vía Mostar, ya en territorio bosniaco
The Europe of 2014 is a very different entity from the Europe of 1914, and it would be impossible to re-create exactly the journey made by Franz Ferdinand back then.
He was travelling through what was just one country: the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today the trip involves crossing four international borders (Austria-Slovenia-Italy-Croatia-Bosnia). As heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand had some very special transport (including a battleship) and tailor-made routes. That said, it is possible to travel from Vienna to Sarajevo via Trieste and the Croatian coast today – a journey well worth doing not because he did it but for the geographical, historical, cultural and scenic splendours along the way.El lugar del atentado
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El artículo completo en el enlace al principio. El autor también trata de adentrarse en la mente de FF. Como bien lo mencionó Josefita, los Habsburgo a pesar de toda su presencia en la historia permanecen un misterio como personas individuales. Y quizás en eso resida justamente la fascinación que siguen ejerciendo a través de la historia. Si comparamos con el "reality show" que son los royals ahora, una gran diferencia.
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"I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen, and I like to dance",
Lilibet