Saturday 17 July 2010

Steyr


As a young teenager, I spent a month in Austria on an exchange organised by my German teacher through the Anglo Austrian Society.  Really, I didn't know enough German to be able to make the most of the experience but later I realised I had absorbed more than I'd been aware.  I ended up being far more comfortable speaking German than French though I'd been learning French far longer.

Because of having spent some time there, I'm always delighted  when a card arrives from anywhere in Austria.  That's happened only three times, and all three times were this month.  I don't know what's happened - a sudden spurt in Postcrossing membership in Austria?

Steyr wasn't one of the places I visited but I wish I had.  It is an ancient city situated on two rivers which meet at the centre of the city.  There is also a canal, the Wehrgraben shown on the card, which was built to power many different mills and did so for hundreds of years.  It is an area rich in industrial history.

3 comments:

  1. Get plenty of rest. I'm wishing you a speedy recovery.

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  2. This looks so beautiful. We lived in Austria
    ( my dad was an Army Lt ) from the time I was 3 ( until I was 6 ) and I learned to speak fluid German - sadly, I never used it after I
    returned to the US and I forgot it all.

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  3. I've never heard if this location, but Austria is just splendid. It looks enchanting.

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