Visiting Europe - 1950, 1964, 1992, 2002, 2015
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In 1950, my father's expenses were paid to International conferences in Paris and in Oxford. All he had to do was to find a way to fund us. So he...
There are still frequent ferries across from Denmark, and the trip takes only 20 minutes. According to the website:
All the Helsingborg Ferries...
Ruins - Koln - 1950
Ruins in Koln
falling roof and rubble
Black market region in Koln
As I remember it, we took a cruise on the Rhine - I...
Part of the bridge across the Rhine
Ruins along Rhine at a dock where we stopped for a few minutes(Koln-Dusseldorf)
Daddy took a lot of single...
Heidleberg from castle
I think we went to Heidelberg on the way to Mannheim to stay with our friends. My father was on the funicular and was...
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Daddy was fascinated by the way the traffic was directed - policemen with white gloves who were almost dancing. He took movies of them.
German...
Berchtesgarden
In addition to visiting the Eagles Nest my father also took a lot of photos of the town,
Restaurant menu Berchtesgarten...
One of the places we visited in 1950 was the medieval walled city of Rothenburg.
German sightseers in the Market Square
Ploenlein is the small...
My mother had written to relatives of my dads to set up a meeting.
1950-3Jul - postcard to my mother
Letter to my mother c/o her friend...
Signs
We visited Garmisch and Oberammergau
Us in square at Garmisch going to PX for breakfast
Paintings on house near Oberammergau
On...
We drove into Austria and visited Innsbruck.
From roof - Innsbruck
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Street scene Innsbruck
Mozart
Emperor Maximilian tomb - only he's...
We came into Switzerland on a train. My sister and I were playing solitaire on the train seats and a large man attached himself to our group. When...
From Gornergrat
My father took some movies of my sister walking along the top of this wall (I was holding her hand and walking beside the wall)...
My mother decided that we should visit Our Chalet, which is one the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) centers. It is an...
View from the train on the way up
We visited the Jungfraujoch,
waterfall on way up Jungfrau
Snow peaks
Snow peak
Birds on the edge
View...
We saw a rainbow in the mist on the way down
rainbow on way down from Jungfrau
Misty rainbow
We bought watches in Switzerland. I got one of...
Between the 15th and the 22nd of July, we were in Paris for my father to deliver a paper at the 5th International Cancer Congress. So that we...
In Paris, we took a side trip to Fontainebleau
French couple from Algiers and my mom
July 1950 - listening to the guide at Fountainbleu
My...
Emmie Kreyberg, Aerum Barunsveien 5e, Oure Ullern Norveg OvereUilern
We were housed in the dorms which were not co-ed. So my dad was at St...
We visited Shakespeare's Birthplace. I think it was a day trip from Oxford that the Anatomists convention arranged.
Shakespeare's Birthplace
At...