That's only a small note from my experiences I've had so far...Before I came to Virginia, I've only been to the US of A once and I always had to explain that I am Austrian and not Australian and that there are neither kangaroos nor koala bears in Austria. The strange thing is, this happened in a state which was even governed by an Austrian for some years! (For those who don't know - it's California! :D)
Most of the guys I was talking to in CA have never heard of Austria before and some thought that their beloved Governator was from Germany or Switzerland (or even France!!) but NOT Austria!
(I did some kind of field report for my home university - the results were just... well, amazing!)
But please don't get me wrong, I do not intend to offend anybody because of his/her geographic knowledge - I am aware of that fact that my home country is just too small and unimportant and that those two countries might get mixed up easily ;-)
However, the interesting thing here is that almost everybody is well informed about a small country like Austria, especially about cities like Vienna or Salzburg. Yes, both cities are beautiful and have a lot of cultural/historcal places to offer but I'm still wondering why almost everybody here knows about that?! It's amazing!
- By the way, the best question I was asked so far was on the flight from Miami to Charlotte when somebody behind me asked me: "Ah, you're Austrian. Sooo... Do you like Hitler?" - I think that's the best way to start a conversion, isn't it? ;-)
To be continued... (?)
- Harry
Most of the guys I was talking to in CA have never heard of Austria before and some thought that their beloved Governator was from Germany or Switzerland (or even France!!) but NOT Austria!
(I did some kind of field report for my home university - the results were just... well, amazing!)
But please don't get me wrong, I do not intend to offend anybody because of his/her geographic knowledge - I am aware of that fact that my home country is just too small and unimportant and that those two countries might get mixed up easily ;-)
However, the interesting thing here is that almost everybody is well informed about a small country like Austria, especially about cities like Vienna or Salzburg. Yes, both cities are beautiful and have a lot of cultural/historcal places to offer but I'm still wondering why almost everybody here knows about that?! It's amazing!
- By the way, the best question I was asked so far was on the flight from Miami to Charlotte when somebody behind me asked me: "Ah, you're Austrian. Sooo... Do you like Hitler?" - I think that's the best way to start a conversion, isn't it? ;-)
To be continued... (?)
- Harry
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