Monday, February 9, 2009

If Americans had to pick one aspect of their country that they are most proud of, over 90 percent would choose freedom. What aspect of your country are people most proud of? How does that quality affect life there?

According to a study of the “Statistic Austria” from the year 2005, was the result that we Austrians are primarily proud of our multifarious landscape. Then come our neutrality, our athletes, our artists/musicians (Austria has been the birthplace of W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn, F. Schubert, A. Bruckner, J. Strauss and many more). We are also proud of our cuisine, which grew up under the influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. And we are also peacock about the renunciation of the nuclear power.
But this consciousness change from time to time. The view of the Austrians on their land is uneven and uncertain. It depends on our ambivalent past. Sometimes the glass is half empty and sometimes it is half full again

I’m proud of my country in the time after World War II, nobody believed that Austria could exist and my grandparents and parents changed it to a very good place for my generation. I’m also proud of our beautiful landscape. We have everything, from the high mountains, awesome rivers about marvellous lakes and also cultural hot spots in the cities.
It shows me every time when I see it, that this is a wonderful place, not without mistakes, but I’m very glad to born and raised in Austria. - There is no better place to live - (for me)

1 comment:

  1. Wow, a great description of Austria. I so have to admit that it is one my favorite places in the world. But I must confess that I have not visited China, Vietnam, South Korea or Japan!!

    Way to go on describing the landcape. I had to look mulitfarious up!! That's one thing I like about teaching non native speakers, they sometimes come up with new words for me to learn :)

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