We are all packed and ready to leave for the other end of Pag where will spend a few days before going to Rab and then after to Krk. Look at the map. We are on the coast of Yugoslavia nearing Italy.
Had a long letter yesterday from Fritz and he has all kinds of plans for us in Germany. He will meet us in Munich and show us around for a couple of days. Then to Cologne and then to the Black Forest and stay in a wooden cabin so he can take Robert hunting (good thing they like each other). When we go to West Berlin, he will meet us for 4 days and will probably see us in Frankfurt before we return to New York. We will be driving on the Autobahn in Fritz’s Alfa Romeo. Fritz tells me he drives up to 230 kilometers and hour!
Barb I would love to go to Jamaica but not now. My clothes are a wreck. I will be glad to return to American soil and if you have a few days perhaps we can stay with you.
I don’t know how the old babes get to the each here so early. The beach begins to fill up at 8:30 in the morning. Not for me as I like the good life. I hope the next place we stay at has running water. We have to get a big jug filled up at the public square and lug it back to the room, strange that we have a full bathroom but no running water but boy does it stink. I was in such a hurry last night I spilt toothpaste all over my shirt. I had to go for a swim to get it clean. Rob goes to the night club each night. He finally got the courage to ask a girl to dance but it was a slow one and he changed his mind. He has just gone to the P.O. to give them our change of address. Then we will wander into town and have some lunch.
The knapsack is a godsend for travelling as you can put the heavy stuff in it. Rob with his water jug and our lousy luggage we will look like a couple of hippies when we return to Montreal. I will bring back my Yugoslav string bag as a memento. The plan is to return in late August or the first week of September. Rob must be back for school on September 9. I would like to come back in January to Spain but also Germany either first or last.
I’m getting to be like a real native going out at 7 a.m. with my string back buying bread and meat for breakfast. I am getting tired with the food here in Yugoslavia. I have to be slim for Germany even if I have to starve myself. I am here finishing the bottle of wine so I don’t have to pack it. Barb what are the name of the weight reducing pills you can buy in Germany. Please don’t forget. The meals are terrible here. No one who has been to Yugoslavia can complain about my cooking! So much starch and so few vegetables. No wonder they are so huge. I am on a diet to get rid of this fat. Fritz is so meticulous he might take one look at me and turn around.
Very windy here today unlike our first day. We have run out of books and there are no English books to buy here so we play cards to pass the time.
Love Mum
Rab July 23, 1970
Arrived here this morning. It is about 90 minutes from Pag on the ship. We are staying in a brand-new pension with lots of hot water. We haven’t found the beach yet but no desire to swim today. We found Time magazine and an English paper and that is a good thing as I was about to go mad with nothing to read. That must mean there are some English about so I can talk to them.
Love Mum
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