I have my train reservations made for Venice and back … finally. I have been putting it off for weeks, which is really sad considering I have been through the train station five times in the past two weeks.
Since I am traveling with a Eurail Pass, I also got it verified at the ticket counter today.
Just my luck, I happened to pick the lady at the ticket counter who was having a case of the “Mondays.” She was not rude, but I could tell that she was not happy about something. Also, she seemed as though she was mad at me for asking for something.
The whole experience rattled my cage a bit since the well-known stereotype for Austrians is friendliness. I definitely did not see that today.
As far as the friendliness stereotype goes, I have not seen it. It’s not that everyone is mean here, but rather that Austrians don’t sing merry songs while skipping to work everyday like the stereotype implies.