The sun was shining too, and the skies were cloudless and blue, offering pretty views across the snow-capped Alps as we made our way up the mountains ... which connects Austria with Switzerland ...

In the southernmost state of Carinthia ... where you can grab a glass of local Austrian wine and watch the sunset over the Alps. The Karawanks Mountain Range is also just a short drive south ...

Deep in Austria’s Hohe Tauern Alps ... spots to practise sun salutations than here, on a platform high in the forest of Bad Gastein, with a ringside seat of the mountains and within earshot ...