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

Dear Boys;

It’s Sunday and I have no doubt in the world. The church chimes started at 7 a.m. and rang every 15 minutes. They seemed to be saying AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT!

Please do not throw out this envelope. I expect to be here for two weeks. Please write me TONIGHT and be sure to put HOLLAND on it. The address is in the envelope. I left at 3:30 this afternoon from Palma and arrived in Frankfurt at 3:30 p.m. I changed planes and arrived in Amsterdam at 10:45 p.m. and I was so tired I could barely see. I arrived at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky a very old hotel in the centre of the city. I have a cute room with a bed like a board called a ZOMERKRANT and it must be 7 feet long. The bathroom is so clean you can see your face in the tiles and the taps are shiny. The maids at the hotel are all men. Four come in at a time wearing pink smocks to clean.

I had my first Dutch breakfast with two kinds of cold meat and all types of bread, jams, cheeses and coffee. The breakfast is included in the room rate. I was so full I couldn’t eat again until dinner. I met an older German and he had travelled all over Canada. After breakfast I went out for a walk but t was so cold and damp I decided to return to the hotel and write you a letter. I would love to hear from you. I read your letters over and over. Please write tonight. Andy please mail it downtown as it will leave sooner.

Love Mum