leave behind a place
Does "leave behind" here mean that the writer "first visited Stephans Platz and then went to Juden Platz" or he "did not visit Stephans Platz but directly went to Juden Platz"?

Perhaps it’s because I’ve just left behind me nearby Stephans Platz – site of Vienna’s famous gothic cathedral of the same name, as well as a variety of stores and cafes and, therefore, a zone teeming with tourists and shoppers – but the first thing that strikes me as I enter Juden Platz is an innate sense of intimacy, of compact cosiness.

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leave behind a place
Does "leave behind" here mean that the writer "first visited Stephans Platz and then went to  Juden Platz" or he "did not visit Stephans Platz but directly went to Juden Platz"?

Perhaps it’s because I’ve just left behind me nearby Stephans Platz – site of Vienna’s famous gothic cathedral of the same name, as well as a variety of stores and cafes and, therefore, a zone teeming with tourists and shoppers – but the first thing that strikes me as I enter Juden Platz is an innate sense of intimacy, of compact cosiness.

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The first. The writer has just been to Stephansplatz, and now in comparison Judenplatz seems intimate and cosy.

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To leave a place behind means you went there and then continued on your journey. You can think of walking down the road where the place is behind you getting smaller and smaller as you walk away. To leave a person (or object) behind means you continue on your journey without that person, originally you were together and then you continued without them.

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