Btw, completely OT but something I found puzzling when reading your blog post: how did your aunt communicate with the Austrian guy who didn't speak English?!

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sungjwoo 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah, the answer is incredibly simple: my aunt speaks fluent German! She moved to Austria as a young woman and picked up the language, and picked up a husband. :) She speaks Korean, of course, so that's how we all are able to communicate with her. Recently we were at a family gathering, and one of my extended relations is married to a German fellow (who speaks both German and English fluently), and it was utterly cool seeing my aunt and him chat away in German (and sing "99 Red Balloons (Luftballons)," the popular 80s tune by the German singer Nena, in their native German)!

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RetroTechie 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Luft" in German = "air".

So English title would be "99 air balloons" or just "99 balloons".

(Excellent choice btw, among German-language songs it's an all-time classic)

	▲	hobonation 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The English version by the same musician chose to add "Red" to presumably maintain the song's cadence.

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kleiba2 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Awesome family constellation, thanks for taking the time to explain!

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aa-jv 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Great! Did you ever visit Austria? Maybe you can take some of the early impressions of German-language speaking with you ..

	▲	sungjwoo 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have visited Austria many times, on my own with my wife and also thanks to a friend who was stationed there for a few years. Vienna is such a lovely city, and I got to see one of my favorite paintings (maybe my most favorite painting, really), Gustave Klimt's The Kiss, in person at Belvedere. My aunt lives a number of hours away from Vienna so I never got to see her there, so a return trip is not out of the question!