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Melodious music, graceful dancing and Vienna the capital of Austria, are inextricably linked. Thirty years ago on our first visit there, I remember dancing the Viennese waltz in a salon in Vienna, going round in unending magical circles in my partner’s arms. Those memories came floating back to me as we left Budapest by motor coach, driving over the Buda hills and crossing over the Hungarian border into Austria. After a lunch of soup, slow roasted pork and potatoes, we set off for an afternoon of sightseeing on the famous Ringstrasse (Ring Road). But the highlight of that day was to be......