It's A Slow News Week ...

Yep. Nothing new, abnormal, strange, or exciting going on around here. That means I get to share with you my ongoing "assignment" of making cultural observations. As I am out and about my fair corner of the world, here are some of the things that have caught my attention.

1. Now that tourist season is upon us, the number of professional beggars has taken an upswing.

2. There are NO car advertisements. Plenty of furniture ads ... like thousands ... but no car ads. This tells me there isn't a big market for auto buying.

3. The city of Wien was rated the number one place in the world to live. One of the criteria was friendliness of the people. This puzzles me ...

4. Austrians think a bald head is a sign of a good lover.

5. I've seen more dwarfs (I'm not sure what the politically correct term is here ... I'm not trying to be offensive ... can I call them "little people"?) here in Wien in the last year and 3 months than in my entire life.

6. When there is a public holiday, people really know how to take the day off!

7. Drinking wine is just a part of the culture here as drinking sweet tea is in the South.

8. Austrians obey rules ... and expect you to do the same.

9. There is a large population of Turkish people living in Wien.

10. There are still small communities in Austria in which the inhabitants where the traditional lederhosen ...

Still enjoying learning about the people in this place we now call home. It's fun to continue to explore and