Me too:-) Although I've begun thinking about the feasibility of applying for next winter's cycle if I can round up someone suitable to work with. We've had it with Innsbruck, and going back to Italy may not be very feasible, so that leaves the US... and maybe a chance to apply for YC.
Interesting; I've only visited Innsbruck, never lived there long term but it seemed like a lovely city. What don't you like about it, if you don't mind me asking? (I'm in Vienna)
The weather, breathing other people's smoke, not many people to interact with, let alone other hackers - although this is exacerbated by my own lack of German language skills. If you actually had contact information in your profile, I'd write you to talk more about Austria:-)
Wow, I love the Austrian weather. Living in the UK for 5 years was terrible in that respect. It probably helps if you're into winter sports. I guess the "other hackers" issue is just as bad anywhere I've lived so far.
Smoking: yeah, that totally sucks. Well, if this government gets its ass into gear that won't be an issue for much longer. Fingers crossed.
Hah, yeah, good point. :) My friend's girlfriend is from Leipzig and when she first moved to Austria she was almost reduced to tears after completely failing to communicate to a shopkeeper what she wanted. Everyday words tend to be very different. And then of course there's Swiss German - I once tried watching Swiss TV and failed completely.
Swiss German is for all intents and purposes a different language -- it's nearly as far away from German as Dutch. It has different grammar. This is confusing at times because the Swiss write Hochdeutsch but that's not the language that they use to communicate in. Comparatively Austrian German is rather paletable. :-)
