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military truck loaded with soldiers was coming up the other way and
we slammed head on into them. Twenty or so soldiers jumped out
and surrounded our car to see how we were. We were taken to a
hospital in Trieste, Italy with minor injuries. We made friends with a
nurse and others while there, and ended up staying in that city for
several weeks. When we were ready to resume our travels, since the
car had been totaled, we began to hitch hike south through Italy.

After visiting with her uncle in Naples, we stopped in Rome
and Florence, and then headed to northern Italy, Austria, Germany
and Switzerland. We stayed a month in Wengen, Switzerland, a ski
resort, where we found jobs as waitresses.

We then traveled back to Italy, where Jan came down with
appendicitis and had surgery at a hospital in Milan. While sending a
message home to Jan’s family at the Western Union, I met an
American Baptist minister who overheard my conversation. His
family lived in Milan, as his ministry was there, and they needed a
nanny for his kids. They also knew another American family that was
looking for help with their kids. So, they took us under their wings
and we ended up staying another two months living with these two
lovely families.

However, the excitement of traveling was beginning to wear
thin, as well as my pocketbook, so I decided that it was my time to
return home. Jan wanted to stay. So, I returned back to Trieste where
I booked passage to return home on an Italian passenger liner, The
Colombo. While waiting several days for the boat to arrive, I met
with a young man I had made friends with on our previous visit after
the car accident. After returning back to the states, I found out that I
was pregnant again. I had gone to Europe pregnant and six months
later I was returning pregnant.

Once at home, my mom became suspicious. While looking
through my pocketbook, she found the doctor’s pregnancy test results.
So, this time she and my father were aware of the situation. Since
abortions were illegal in the states, I ended up having a friend