Precerpt from In with the East Wind: A Mary Poppins Kind of Life - Austria: Innsbruch
Innsbruch In Austria, I worked in Innsbruch, in the state of Tirol, at the Universität Innsbruck’s Fakultät für Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften (School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Innsbruch. There I lectured on the psychology of language learning, partly in German and partly in English, depending upon the audience. For some reason, I still have handwritten copies of my lectures; they bring back a host of wonderful memories of a gentle life and good people. Reaching the university from Johanna’s apartment meant crossing Altstadt (Old Town), a dense cluster of shops: small boutiques, souvenir shops, cafés, traditional Tyrolean clothing stores, bakeries and pastry shops, jewelry and watch shops, and tourist‑friendly stalls around Das Goldene Dachl (The Golden Roof), the centerpiece of Old Town and the symbol of Innsbruch then and now. This landmark, a late‑Gothic oriel balcony, was commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I and completed aroun...