I judge the individual, not the group.
I ask the same of those judging this country.
Only been to Europe once and went to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and England....only stayed a few days in each place so my assessment is extremely narrow from almost no experience but everyone seemed really nice except for some of the junkies in Switzerland and some of the waiters in cafes in France. The ones at our hotels were great but some others seemed to have kind of an attitude and no wonder obesity doesn't seem to be a problem there because you pretty much can't get any food from about 2-5...I think even the McDonalds was shut down during those hours lol.
Another thing that stands out was that it seemed like just about everyone smoked.
I also hurt my back and went to the doctor in Dijon, France and I spoke more French than he did English but got what I needed but the office was kind of bizarre in that he had no receptionist and an exam table w/stirrups in the same room as his desk.
We had Eurail passes and it was really beautiful...would like to go back and go to Italy and maybe the South of France.
I like Austrians.
Throw another shrimp on that barbie, mate.