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Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Greeks Fastidiously Clean

Dear Andrew: The first thing we did when we arrived was to check the post office but there was no mail from you or Barbara. I went this morning to check again but no mail. I sure hope we hear from you before we leave here. Next stop will be Iraklion up the island. RobContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Greeks Fastidiously Clean”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23June1971: Rhodos, Greece: The Runny Nosed Baker

Dear Andy: We are staying at the Pearl Hotel in Rhodes. Newly opened with a big balcony and $4 a night. Add on another $5 a day for food we are living like royalty for under $10 a day. It is very hot here but almost always a cooling breeze. It is cool in theContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23June1971: Rhodos, Greece: The Runny Nosed Baker”

: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Surly and Grasping Cretans

Dear Mother: I am sitting in an open-air café trying goat’s milk for the first and last time. It must be 90 degrees but there is a lovely breeze blowing. We arrived on the island of Crete at 3:30 p.m. yesterday after 7 hours on deck on a very rough ocean. Both Robert and IContinue reading “: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Surly and Grasping Cretans”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 13August1970: West Berlin, Germany: In Berlin Shocked By The Wall

We arrived in Munich after a “delightful” trip on a Yugoslav train. It originated in Athens and it was full of TURKS and GREEKS. The filth was incredible. No food or drinks and the toilets were beyond description. We left at 4:30 a.m. and arrived at 2:30 p.m. to a beautiful hotel dirty and tired.Continue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 13August1970: West Berlin, Germany: In Berlin Shocked By The Wall”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 28July1971: Skiros, Greece: Old And Very Clever Husband and Young Wife

Dear Barbara: If you could see us now you would wonder what is coming off. We left Crete yesterday for Skiros which is 8 hours by sea from the Greek mainland. No rooms were available so we slept in a person’s backyard under a grape arbor. We have no choice but to wait for aContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 28July1971: Skiros, Greece: Old And Very Clever Husband and Young Wife”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3August1971: Skiros, Greece: We Are Sleeping Outside Under a Grape Arbor

Dear Mother: This is my last letter till I get off Skiros. Every Greek Island brought something new. There was only one small hotel and it was full so we are out of town in vineyard. We have cots to sleep on hoping we are not visited by any scorpions. The sun wakes us upContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3August1971: Skiros, Greece: We Are Sleeping Outside Under a Grape Arbor”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 14June1970: New York/Athens: Where to Next?

Dear Mother and Mother S: We left Montreal on June 9th in the afternoon and arrived in New York after taking the midnight bus from Montreal. We found it easy and fast. Barb was not in New York as she was in Amsterdam. Her roommates took very good care of us. We left from KennedyContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 14June1970: New York/Athens: Where to Next?”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia

Dear Diane and Gerald: We boarded a Russian cruise ship the Adsharia in Piraeus in Greece. There are 3 stops. It is the first cruise of the season so there only 35 people on a ship that can carry 330. The first stop is Corfu, then Venice and then Dubrovnik. I met a handsome GermanContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 16July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: The Man Who Had Not Had a Bath in Five Years!

Dear Barb and Andrew: As you can see we are on Pag. We had left the beautiful Hvar then to the island of Muter which was packed with German tourists. A tiny place with no hotels. People are packed in like sardines. We stayed two days and three nights there. We met a man fromContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 16July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: The Man Who Had Not Had a Bath in Five Years!”

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”