The Austrians like to stick to tradition. Visit the Alpine areas around Innsbruck in the summer and take a hike through the dramatic landscape to see what we mean.
Number 1. Churches with impossibly delicate spires
Number 2. Awe-inspiring mountain scenery
Number 3. Rivers so clean you can drink the blue water.
Number 4. Cows relishing their summer pastures.
Number 5. Hanging baskets that put all others in the world to shame.
Number 6. Friendly people who wave and say hello when you pass.
Number 7. Hot summers days when you can still see snow on the peaks.
Number 8. An abundance of wild flowers and insect life.
Number 9. Schnitzels. On every menu.
Number 10. Park keepers who are a fount of knowledge about the eco-system
Number 11. These strange rock towers.
Number 12. Shrines.
Number 13. Characteristic interior decor.
Number 14. Farmers like this one.
Number 15. Bicylists.
Number 16. Lots of wooden things.
Number 17. Benches for tired walkers.
Number 18. Tired walkers.
Number 19. The views they have come to see.
Number 20. Carpets of wild flowers.
ALL IMAGES BY Andrea Watson. COPYRIGHT 2015