German Survival Culture: An Overview of Local Customs You Need to Travel With Confidence in Germany and Austria

German Survival Culture is an easy crash course for travelers or others who are interested in Germany and Austria. Containing just the CULTURE component of German Survival Guide, it introduces readers to common social practices in Germany and Austria, so they will know what to expect and how to act when they visit those countries.

Get key insights into German and Austrian social conventions: why not to use first names, how not to look like a tourist, how to tip, how to have good table manners, how to be a gracious guest, how to act on a nude beach.

Discover the fine points of ice cream parlors, grocery stores, train stations and the Autobahn. Read how to handle tricky room windows and grumpy bathroom attendants. Learn insider German words so commonly used that you will want to know them even though you don't have to.

Make your trip abroad easier and more comfortable with German Survival Culture. Or, if armchair travel is more your speed, visit there in spirit by learning more about how people in those countries live.

(German Survival Culture is taken from the larger book German Survival Guide, which also includes vocabulary, grammar lessons, and short travel dictionaries).