education, culture and progressiveness. In short, you will love the Austrians. Everyone does. There is just one word of warning. Personally, I like to follow the sun and I haven't spent a winter in a northern climate for some years. Summers, yes, winters, no. Austria is a country as famed for its winters as it is for its summers. If you like the change in season, wonderful. If you like winter weather, swell. But if you don't, stay out of Austria because she has winter and lots of it. The warm months are from the middle of May to the middle of September. § ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. Americans need only a passport to enter Austria. Theoretically, if you wish to stay more than three months, you should have an Austrian visa which you can pick up at any Austrian Embassy or Consulate, either in the States or abroad. I say theoretically because a few years ago I spent six months living near Vienna without knowing about this regulation. When I left, nobody blinked an eye. In fact, one of the great charms about Austria is this easy going slackness of her officials. At the border, when you enter the country, customs inspection usually amounts to a natty, green garbed customs officer sticking his head into your train compartment, saying happily, "Welcome to Austria!" and then leaving. TRANSPORTATION. Austria has no seacoast so reaching her is a matter of travel by land or air. In either case you'll have no difficulty. From New York to Vienna the following airlines have direct flights: Air France, BO AC (British Overseas Airways), KLM (Royal Dutch), SABENA (Belgian), Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss Airways, and Linee Aeree Italiane. Or from our west coast you can take a Scandinavian Airlines or KLM plane over the pole. On the New York to Vienna run all airlines charge the same; $1272.70 first class, $554.80 tourist class, one way. You could beat this price by coming by sea at a rockbottom low of $355 on a student ship and then taking a British European Airways (BEA) flight from London to Vienna for $170.60.
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