Austria Austria……. The Waltz, Vienna, Mozart, Baroque Palaces, imperial grandeur. But also, extreme natural beauty, Alpine meadows, rugged mountains, great skiing, lakes, Lederhosen, and yodels evoked in those great scenes from “The Sound of Music” There is also Culture. Think of the Salzburg Music festival, and event to experience once in a lifetime, Alongside all this, there is also a culinary heritage that makes dining in Austria a pleasure, as well as a new sophisticated culinary movement, complemented by much improved wines. Farmers, chefs and innkeepers reconnect with the country's traditional reverence for fresh, seasonal and local produce and then improve on it with new creativity .