Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 10August1970: Munich, Germany: At Last in a Civilized Country After a Filthy Train Trip

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Dear Mother and Meg:

At last we are in a civilized country arriving after a nine hour train trip from Bled in Yugoslavia. We arrived at 4:30 p.m. We had a glorious long shower with hot water. What went down the drain was black as we were so grubby. The train had started in Athens. The conditions were filthy. No food and the toilets so vile you felt like gagging. After cleaning up and feeling human again Fritz came and picked us up and we had a tour of the Olympic grounds. We went to the biergarten where Hitler made several speeches. Sausages and huge mugs of beer. I had a great headache was glad to return to the hotel. I awoke at 5 a.m. with a horrible cold and sore throat. I went down for breakfast and had eggs for the first time in months. When I returned Rob was awake and went down for breakfast. We leave at 11 with Fritz in his Alfa Romeo and head towards the Rhine. I will buy some Kleenex and cough drops and hope for the best. We will be staying in a hunting lodge in the Black Forest.

Love Marnee

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Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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