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Journal, continued from page 53 Sept. 16-Thomas meets with Colonel Snider
(who lives in Heidleburg) at American Express
Sept. 9-London, The Green Machine goes to MG to help Thomas cash some personal checks. I
dealer for its check up and we go to wild and colorful wait in the car wearing long blonde braids
Carnaby street. Evening at theatre to see John (we always drive with the top down and
Osborne's "The Hotel in Amsterdam" with braids keep the hair out of my eyes) when a
busload of American tourists pull up. One
Paul Scofield. Stay at Hamilton Hotel, Bernard St.
takes my photo repeatedly. In a car with
near Russell Square.
foreign license plates, I suppose I look like the
Sept. 10-Visit London sights like Tower of London.
typical German girl. I don't speak, do not want
We have Indian food ni evening. I have a prawn dish
to ruin his belief, but smile at my own
(mistake).
countrymen. Although he will have the photo,
Sept. 11-In London, we meet another American I'II have the ticklish memory of my deception.
couple who give us a synopsis of various countries, After a long day of driving, we finally arrive in
then we drive to Dover, home of the White Cliffs, and Rothenburg, recommended by the American
board the ferry to Calais, France (with some fear of couple we met. We stay in a kind women's
scratches as our new car is packed into the crowded home that night having had trouble finding a
parking in the underbelly of the ferry.) Drive through hotel.
France to Belgium, stay at Hotel Krol in Bruxelles. I
Sept. 17-Walk around the town and buy
am very sick with stomach pains from my bad food.
etchings of charming Rothenburg.
Riding in the car, the constant motion, is difficult for
me. Sept. 18-Head to Zurich, Switzerland. On
route, we enjoy a restaurant called
Sept. 12-Leave for Rotterdam, on to Amsterdam and
Bauermeister, with German bands like my
hotel Welkom next to a lovely, typical Dutch canal.
hometown in Minnesota. Arrive in Zurich at
Sept. 13-Tour Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk Museum. rush hour, visit many ful hotels, and end up
Evening: we eat at Indonesian restaurant Indrapoera. at Kolb Pension.
Mistake again. Stomach reacts to spices
Sept. 19-Went shopping but everything is very
Sept. 14-Anne Frank House, Rembrandt House, and expensive, but I have to have a Swiss music
an open air market where I buy things that will later box like the one my uncle Irven brought
be lost when our luggage is stolen at the airport in home from W.W.Il for my grandmother Dahl.
New York on our return. Hers plays Christmas carols and fascinated
me my whole childhood. I pick one that plays
Sept. 15-We mail sixteen postcards, then leave
Brahm's Lullaby, Faust's Waltz, and Tales of
Amsterdam. We change our plans to see Scandinavia
Vienna Woods. I can't stop looking at the
as ti is getting cold up north and the many ferries
beautiful melody needles plucking songs
required is quite expensive with a car. We're getting
from he revolving canister. Such precision,
low on funds. We turn toward Germany, but leave
such melodious sound, such a treasure for
the autobahn to follow the beautiful Rhine. Spend
me. Evening at a beer hall called The Wolf
the night in Heidleburg Germany at Ganterbrau
with many friendly Germans.
Hotel.
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