þÿ<html> <head> <title>About Austria Travel</title> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Austria, Austria Travel, Austrian, travel agent, Christmas, Christmas in Salzburg, Christkindlmarkt, Salzburg, Christmas market, Christmas markets, Europe, "> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="About AustriaTravel.ws: Special interest tours to Austria. Hosted tours from America to Austria for travelers with special interests."> <META NAME="rating" CONTENT="General"> <META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="30 days"> <META NAME="VW96.objecttype" CONTENT="About AustriaTravel.ws: Hosted tours from America to Austria for travelers with special interests."> <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL"> <META NAME="DC.title" CONTENT="About AustriaTravel.ws: Hosted tours from America to Austria for travelers with special interests."> <META NAME="DC.subject" CONTENT="About AustriaTravel.ws: Special interest tours to Austria. 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Besides organizing tours in Austria, she is operating a <A HREF="http://www.karincooks.com"> Personal Chef Service</a> specializing in New Austrian Cuisine. She earned a fine arts masters degree in Austria and is also a Austrian state certified travel agent with years of experience. In her spare time she loves to paint, cook for her husband and play with her pets. <p> Our Tour Hosts based in Salzburg: <p> <center> <img src="/images/romanoct05.jpg" alt="Austria Travel"> </center> <p> <b>Mr. Roman Winkler</b>, who is the son of Karin Mayer. He lives and works in Salzburg, Austria with his fiance. Roman grew up near Palm Springs, California and after graduating High School in California he moved to Salzburg, but visits the U.S. regularly. He is fluent in English and German and very familiar with American and Austrian culture. In his spare time he loves to train his two dogs, mountain climbing and skiing. <p> <center> <img src="/images/herta.jpg" alt="Austria Travel"> </center> <p> <b>Ms. Herta Gallee</b>, who is a Salzburg native and a retired history teacher who loves to show historically important sites of her home town to visitors from America. She is the mother of four grown children and the grandmother of four. She lives and works in Salzburg, Austria with her cat "Domino". She is a member of the Austrian-American society and she is fluent in English and German and she too is very familiar with American and Austrian culture. In her spare time she loves to travel and everything that has to do with art. <p> <b>We are a tour organizer with a difference:</b> <ul> <li>We are very familiar with the history and culture of Austria.</li> <li> We use every opportunity to invite our tour participants to take part in the Austrian way of life.</li> <li>We are fluent in English and German, well educated and fully qualified.</li> <li>We are dedicated to the well being of our tour participants and we try our utmost to satisfy their wishes.</li> <li>We are always interested in new ideas, organizing and planning custom tours.</li> </ul> <b>We offer and/or plan to offer in the future:</b> <ul> <li>Arnold Schwarzenegger native country tour</li> <li>Art and/or German language courses with cultural lectures and excursions</li> <li>Art tours, music tours, sightseeing tours, special holiday tours, bicycle tours, architecture tours, culinary tours, cooking tours, etc.</li> <li>Austrian cities tours and country expeditions</li> <li>Cooking classes in Styria (southern Austrian province)</li> <li>Individual tours or in small groups</li> <li>Meet-and-assist service at Austrian airports</li> <li>Package tours</li> <li>Room reservation in private apartment for individual travelers to Salzburg</li> <li>Special cultural happenings tours</li> <li>Special tours off the beaten path</li> </ul></font> <p> <center> <img src="/images/ribbon1.gif" width="350" height="4" alt="Austrian Special Interest Tours"> <p> <a href="aboutaustria.html">About Austria</a> | <a href="index.html">Home</a> <p> For more information please call (760) 366-2414 or <FORM> <INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="email us" onClick="parent.location='mailto:info@austriatravel.ws'"> </FORM> <p> <img src="/images/ribbon1.gif" width="350" height="4" alt="Austrian Special Interest Tours"> <p> <IMG SRC="http://www.austriatravel.ws/images/AustriaTravelanim.gif" alt="Travel Austria, special interest tours" border="0" name="TravelAustria.ws"></a> <br> <IMG SRC="http://www.austriatravel.ws/images/spinttours.jpg" alt="Travel Austria, special interest tours"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </html>