Culture Shock! Austria - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

Austria A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette CultureShock! Susan Roraff Julie Krejci cs! austria.indd 1 1/27/11 11:45:12 AM ...

A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette CultureShock! Austria Julie Krejci Susan Roraff CS! Austria.indb i 3/14/11 9:21 AM ...

This 3rd edition published in 2011 by: Marshall Cavendish Corporation 99 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591- http://www.marsh ...

ABOUT THE SERIES Culture shock is a state of disorientation that can come over anyone who has been thrust into unknown surroundi ...

CONTENTS Preface vi Acknowledgements viii Dedication ix ...

Chapter Map of Austria x First Impressions Regional Impressions Chapter The History of Austria Early History The Babenberg Dy ...

vi PREFACE Austria! You’ve just found out that you are moving to Austria. Beautiful images pass through your mind of Baroque chu ...

vii home to accompany your spouse or partner, it is essential that you make new friends and build your own life in Austria. Obvi ...

viii The authors recognise that this book could not have been written without the help of many people. Our heartfelt thanks go t ...

DEDICATION ix To our beautiful children, Natascha and Daniela, Benjamin and Tomás, who motivate us with their boundless energy a ...

x VIENNA MAP OF AUSTRIA AUSTRIA CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY SLOVAKIA HUNGARY CROATIA SLOVENIA ITALY SWITZERLAND CS! Austria.indb x 3/ ...

‘Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept i ...

2 CultureShock! Austria MOST LIKELY YOU ALREADY HAVE an impression of Austria, even if you’ve never set foot in the country befo ...

First Impressions 3 knows this first-hand as she went to Austria to study and returned 14 years later with her husband for his j ...

4 CultureShock! Austria industrial areas. For example, arriving at Schwechat airport in Vienna, the first thing you see are the ...

First Impressions 5 is much smaller than it was at the height of the empire, yet what remains contains some of the most breathta ...

6 CultureShock! Austria Due to the fact that there are so many tourists throughout the country, your presence will cause no stir ...

First Impressions 7 linking this province with Tyrol, Vorarlberg was practically cut off from the rest of Austria during the win ...

8 CultureShock! Austria Upper Austria borders Bavaria and Salzburg and is primarily an agricultural province. It is home to the ...

First Impressions 9 in nature and is divided into viertel, such as the Weinviertel (Wine district) and the Waldviertel (Woods di ...