Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ? February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Dear Barb:

Just about ready to out to dinner with a couple I met. They are returning to New York tomorrow and they will mail this letter for me.

My money came in today. I am staying here another week. I wish I could stay forever. There are only two flights a week to Amsterdam, Saturday, and Sunday. I went to Lufthansa today and they couldn’t be nicer and I’d have no trouble at all. They told me how to get to the airport and how to find hotels in Amsterdam.

I must have walked 15 miles today and I never liked any place so much! It is sunny and 70 degrees in the sun. I spend my whole day on narrow streets. The shoes do not fit me here and I must have tried 30 pairs on. There are no half sizes. I bought only buttons. What a nut.

I took Barry to meet Nancy last night as he is more her age I thought but we both thought he was a phony. He wants to take me out and expects more than that if you know what I mean. I am moving out of here before he arrives.

I adore the coffee in the open-air cafes here. I ate a lobster today and it was so good. By mistake I went into a man’s washroom and while I was in there a man came in and my heart almost stopped but I stayed locked in in can until he left.

I am afraid I have put some weight on and that makes me mad. Oh well. It must be all the milk in the coffee I am drinking. I had awful cramps and the runs a few days ago. I guess my mother was right when she said don’t drink the water in Europe.

Must get dressed.

Love Mum