Universität zu Wien
*Aural recording of the rest not included, but the text is given anyway, so beautiful and meaningful to those who know Vienna. I studied at the Universität zu Wien in 1953-54 as a Fulbright scholar—tuition, travel, living allowance for me but not for my dependents, so it was a drain on our meager resources but one of the finest experiences of our lives.
Johnny and Jeannie loved Vienna. We pushed them all the way around the Ring (a broad avenue that rings almost all of the city, built on the site of the old wall, after centuries torn down) as well as to Schönbrunn Palace, the Stadt Garten, etc. It was a thrill for them and us to take a ride on the Riesenrad (a giant ferris wheel with cars the size of small box cars). At the top of the circuit it was possible to see into Hungary, the border is so close.
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