IMO, Austrians tend to be cold unless you really know them well personally - and I’ve lived in Innsbruck and Vienna and I speak German.
“... and I’ve lived in Innsbruck and Vienna and I speak German”.
How did you like those cities?
Maybe you should have learned to speak Austrian?
Your post caught my attention because my mother has a friend who is from Vienna. She moved to the US in the late 60’s after marrying an American man. They’ve been divorced for decades but have a son around my age.
Generally, she is a nice person who can be fun to be with. But there is another side to her which can be bossy, demanding and kind of selfish. She expects people to bow down to her demands. I’m curious, are most Austrians like that? Sometimes it’s as if she has a split personality.
I still owe her a bottle of wine, though. When I was 16, I drank her entire bottle of wine that she purchased during a vacation in Gulf Shores.
As usual, I got a terrible sunburn and was forced to stay in our condo. I was alone and bored because our condo didn’t have cable and every channel was broadcasting the Oliver North trial. Ugh. So, out of boredom, I eventually emptied her bottle of wine.
I was very grateful for the Austrian liberal mindset about minors and alcohol, lol. Bless her heart, she never said a word about the wine.
I’ve always wanted to visit Vienna because the pictures look gorgeous.