In reply to jasonC abroad:
I was in the same position last season. We ended up going to Austria...
Pros.
Bolted alpine routes, lots of easy grades
Paint marked routes, decent routes always double bolt belay
Great rock, great situations, less altitude
Cheaper huts, friendlier and less elitist
Shorter walk ins, more to reach without glacier travel
Better beer
In general we have found the weather more stable
Cons.
Guide books are crap, though lots of free online topos which are simple to translate
Schnapps
If you want more info, give me a message. There is a hut (if you sleep in the winter hut its 5 euro a night) which serves loads of great routes and the guardians are English speaking. They can link you into loads of local routes, most of them they have set and checked yearly themselves. I also have a load of cheap places to stay and fly into and if you fancy doing more commitment higher altitude routes, there is always Grossglockner Studlegrat!