Vienne - Autriche

Palais baroques où bruissent encore le frou-frou des crinolines, cafés bondés rappelant le début du siècle, immeubles en forme de pièce montée et chefs-d'œuvre de l'Art nouveau .Vienne ne pourrait être qu'une ville de nostalgiques gourmands de sucreries impériales. Héritière directe de la dynastie des Habsbourg, la capitale autrichienne est pourtant bien vivante. Cité d'histoire et de culture européenne, Vienne conjugue au présent son patrimoine culturel. Riche, fière et dynamique, elle possède notamment l'une des scènes musicales les plus remarquables d'Europe. De Mozart à Beethoven en passant par Brahms, Mahler ou Schubert, le passé musical de Vienne est aujourd'hui partout palpable.

Population: 1,66 million d'habitants
Peuples et ethnies: Viennois d'origine germanique ; émigrants de l'ancien Empire austro-hongrois ; réfugiés de l'ex-Yougoslavie ; Turcs, Polonais, Slovaques...
Langue: allemand
Religion: catholicisme, protestantisme
Principales activités: ingénierie de précision, électronique, banque, assurances, tourisme

Thoughts to ponder (In which house do you live?)

The author of the following is unknown. This was taken from the magazine Psychology for Living (credits to whom deserves)

“I got two A´s”, the small boy cried, his voice was filled with glee. His father bluntly asked him, “Why didn´t you get three?”. “Mom, I´ve got the dishes done”, the girl called from the door. Her mother very calmly said, “did you sweep the kitchen floor?”. “I´ve mowed the grass”, the tall boy said, and put the mower away. The father, looking at the rug, “you didn´t clean off the clay!”.
The children in the house next door seem happy and content. The same things happened over there, but this is how it went: “I got two A´s, the small boy cried; his voice was filled with glee. His father proudly said, “That´s great, I am glad you belong to me”. “Mom, I´ve got the dishes done”, the girl called from the door, her mother smiled and softly said; “each day I love you more”.”I´ve mowed the grass”, the tall boy said, and put the mower away, his father answered with much joy, “Son, you have made may day!”
Children deserve a little praise for tasks they´re asked to do, if they´re grow up feeling good, so much depends on you! Think about it…..