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Untitled Page 58a couple of hours to catch up on the news, and relax. We bought the week's Time This morning up as usual, and away about 9 to bike to Rotterdam (30 km). To answer a few questions: I'm travelling with Bridges Mitchell; he's a Our itinerary for the rest of the trip (subject to daily revision of course): on the Rhine! 3/24 - through Bonn, probably stop at Bad Godesburg on the Neckar! 3/30 - in Heidelberg Should be lovely!! Love, | Untitled Page 58a couple of hours to catch up on the news and relax. We bought the week's Time magazine in Amsterdam, but a good reading of one day's N.Y. Times added a lot after this interlude we arrived at the peace Palace at 4:15 to find that the building closed at 4, so we had a tourist-style look at the outside. Then the half-hour ride back out to the hostel, and another relaxing evening of talk and reading. These easy evenings seem to be the best formula with a days walking or biking, and a 10 pm lights out in the hostels prevents concerts, etc. anyway, so we just stay in after dinner and take it easy (and write letters like right now). This morning up as usual, and away about 9 to bike to Rotterdam (30 km). It was against the wind all the way, some up and down, but we're getting stronger by now, did te distance in 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Went first off to American Express and I found 6 letters waiting for me - 3 short ones from Annie (who was suffering from finals at the time), the copies of Tuck's fine letters (congratulate him also on his improved regularity, and tell him I enjoy them as much as you do), and two newsy ones from you Mom. So it's bright spirits tonight! Say did I tell you? - don't write to Koln because Amer. Express has no office there. Write to Heidelburg, German c/o Am. Ex. Co. (16 [Fueduch?] Ebert [Allen?]) until 3/26, then back to the Bing. After a very short ride through Rotterdam, we bought train tickets to Koln, got here about 6:30 this evening. On the way (Utrecht, [Ainhem?], [Emmerich?], Oberhausen, Dusseldorf) we came through the Ruhr of course, and saw endless huge smoke stacks and heavy factories. It is really industry saturared I guess. (Should learn more about that next quarter in economics, and in our trip to Luxembourg). To answer a few questions: I'm travelling with [Budges?] Mitchell, he's a sophomore, and was a cellist in the Stanford orchestra with Annie. Former math major probably changing social science. We've traveled together before (mainly on the Rome trip) as I may have mentioned. As to my paper and interviews with the mayor, the only written material he gave me was a copy of the [Gemeindeordnung?] (also in the [Geima?] of course); otherwise all my information came from him - he speaks no English, but very good German. And as I've said before, I can understand almost all of what people say (even when Germans are talking to each other) and fill in by context the words I don't know. And if something was unclear, I'd ask and Herr Plessing would explain it in other words. So I guess the paper is also evidence of my progress in speaking and listening to German. Our itinerary for the rest of the trip (subject to daily revision of course): on the Rhine! 3/24 - through Bonn, probably stop at Bad Godesbury on the Neckar! 3/30 - in Heidelberg Should be lovely!! Another letter soon (and one to Pops too). Love, |