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Cambridge before going onto Stanford- Economics seminar is my class
from him

April 4th

In talking with the other kids I find that between us we really
covered the continent expect perhaps Sacndinvavia where it is too cold.
The most interesting trip in the long run will probably be the group
if 14 that went to Russia. They had a really fascinating sovering view
of the zealous work of the people to build a new Utopia and of the loss
of freedom and individual creativity and welfare that accompanies this
eager submission to the glory of the materialistic state.

As I think back over our own trip, I don't discover any such tremendous
intellectual experiences our was more an eclectic assembly of several
bebefits to lesser degree. We saw a tremendous amount of scenery and much
more interesting countryside from our bicycles much more thoroughly than
you could from train or car-forming impression that should last much
longer. We also saw several large cities; Amsterdam Colonge Heidelberg and
many many more of the small villages than the auto traveler ever does.
We saw some excellent paintings and a variety of architecture from medieval
fortresses to the Colonge cathedral to modern Rotterdam. We spoke with a
few people at length though fewer than those on the burg who hitch-hiked.
Mostly hostel fathers and got much good practice for our German. We biked
about 800 kilometers 500 miles averaging about 60 a day and took the
train for about 1300 more. We spend about $56.pp apiece including about
$24.00 for train ticket which is really cheap living for three weeks in
two countries as well as we ate. And not least important we spent most
of our time in the healthy outofdoors- built new leg muscles and got sun-
tanned and windtoughened faces and feel good and healthy. And we can
tell our children that we once took a bike trip around Europe, so all in
all it was pretty worthwhile I think.

You might be interested in general outline or this quarter. Classes are:

World Literature of Renaissance and Reclamation period Dr. Whittaker
International Economics- Advance seminar because I have already taken Econ
1- Dr. Tarshus.
German

The main trips and dates:
April 14-18- Easter in Paris
April 26-May 2nd-Berlin-group trip
May 16-19 (not definite) Group trip to Luxembourg to study European
economic community of coal and steel problems of European integration.
June 3-7 Five days in Vienna.
June 8th and 9th- finals
June 10- Finish papers and pack and Goodbye Party
June 11th-See you at the Airport!!!!!!!!