Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Austria!

Snowy Alps and the Sound of Music, Mozart and Chocolate, the Spanish Riding School and the Vienna Boys Choir, skiing and yet more snowy Alps. The stock images of Austria are safe and old fashioned and are happily peddled by the countries highly efficient tourist industry. But it is not all old ladies in fur coats. For every wealthy St. Anton skier, there is a snowboarder in Schladming. For every Strauss concertgoer, there is a clubber in Vienna. For every Kaffeehaus with the Hausburg-era fixtures and fittings, there is a designer sushi bar open down the road and for every far-right voter, there are at least two who believe fervently in the countries well-funded welfare state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBMP0yJRNsM & http://pinterest.com/direct2cr/austria/

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