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

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

August 10, 1971: Munich: Letter from Margaret Mary Stephen to Her Mother-in-Law

At last we are in a civilized country. We arrived  in Munich from Bled after a 9-hour train trip and both Robert and I are exhausted. We both had showers and I washed our clothes. The water was black. The train had started in Athens. No food and the toilets were sickening. Our friend tookContinue reading August 10, 1971: Munich: Letter from Margaret Mary Stephen to Her Mother-in-Law

“Travels to a Different Time” :August 4, 1971; Bled, Yugoslavia: Greasy Eats and Food Flies in Anger!

Out for dinner of greasy stuffed green peppers. Mom lit up a cancer stick so I didn’t talk to her for awhile and she took a tantrum and said, “All right Robert if you continue to be such a child I will leave you the money and go home.” Who is the child here? ThenContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” :August 4, 1971; Bled, Yugoslavia: Greasy Eats and Food Flies in Anger!”