Osterreich!

Hi there

I'm one of the few Austrians registered here I'm really glad to hear that you like my country that much

I live in the south-east...in the second biggest town of Austria called Graz...we do have a very pretty town center (very old and belonging to the cultural world heritage )

what to do and have a look at in Austria....I think there's something for every season...depending on what you like...

especially around Vienna...you can have a look at all the beautiful old buildings in the city center...and go shopping in the Mariahilfer Strasse and maybe visit the Naschmarkt (kind of international market taking place every day as far as I know)....and when it is warm enough you can go a little outside the town to the Wienerwald and go for a walk there....it's especially beautiful in spring when the flowers start growing and in Autumn when the leaves are falling (and maybe you find some mushrooms there)....in summer you can go to the Donauinsel for bathing or just relaxing - it's the place to go during summer in Vienna...they also have festivals there....
and in winter you can visit the Christkindlmarkt and go ice skating in the city...or drive to the mountains for skiing....

if you want to go a little further of I really recomend going to the Neusiedlersee for bathing (though it's not that deep) or cycling...or having a glass of wine - the wine there is really good

or you can go to Salzburg for a little sight seeing....

as for the language: people in vienna kind of have their own dialect which could give you some troubles but I'm sure you'll get used to it soon....they are not as hard to understand as the Austrians not living in Vienna since their dialect is a little more like standard German....the only thinmg really special about Viennese dialect is that they use a lot of ur- in front of words like for instance urleiwand (meaning something is great)

what are you going to study in Vienna?

just post your questions here or ask me (don't hesitate to send me a pm)

be blessed <><

wow, you just made ainuhina very happy!

as she already said: don't hesitate to ask if you need more information about the country or other things like the language (I'd recomend you keep speaking high german, everybody will understand you and you can ask them to speak high german as well, so you won't have trouble to understand them)

you're welcome...I'm always hapopy to share about my country most of the people on here don't even know it exists and some even asked me to post in the Australian subforum cause they mixed the names up

60 pages is really a lot the largest paper I ever have written was 70 but that my final paper for school

I saw a beautiful Osterreich wein the other day at our local KaffeeHaus.