16. Partly cloudy with flurries - and Freud

I didn't know that my mobile phone even had these words in its weather forecast!  Never been used (on my phone) before.

Today is noticeably the coldest we have had.  Two pairs of socks as we go out for dinner tonight.

Today we went to the Freud Museum.  It was his office and practice until the family left Austria for London in 1938.  Despite the entreaties of friends, Freud resisted leaving Vienna until his daughter, Anna, was detained by the Gestapo for 24 hours.  Freud moved his family, their furniture and possessions with them to London, including his famous couch.  He had to pay a substantial tax to the Nazis.  He died in London the next year.

However this location in Vienna has been developed as a a museum, with substantial input from Anna, after the war.  Very generous of her I thought. You won't learn much about the details of his work, but there are lots of pictures and documents from his life, including a film of home movies with commentary by Anna.

Outside the Museum.

Inside - his shingle.

There is another museum in London - now added to our list when we are next there.