Visiting Europe - 1950, 1964, 1992, 2002, 2015
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I was planning to meet my sister in Madrid, and then go to Lisbon, Seville and end up in Valencia so I could meet my husband's ship there...
Market on Monday from Lonja
Flower stalls outside market
inside Central Market
The Central Market of Valencia is one of the largest in...
Thursday, July 30, 1964 - en route to Granada
Dear Mother,
Well the train is a madhouse. It is a good thing I have a seat reservation altho...
One of the things we were told was that the fountains made the air cooler. Later when I was working on heat stress problems, I found that this was...
They took us to a lace shop afterwards which was interesting, but I haven't bought any lace.
Lace making
I did buy my niece her Madrid emblem...
One of the things that happened on the tour was that our bus, coming down the hill met another bus coming up the hill and they were both...
Army Museum across from the Alcazar
Door of El Greco museum
El Greco house detail
Then we walked out
Toledo Wall - Gate
and they picked us...
Card mailed from the Intrepid on Aug 6th
Dear D. I met Daddy and have rented a car and are driving around the Marseille area. We have a Citroen...
View of Toulon from the high road
We ate dinner here and it was pretty good, at a sidewalk restaurant along the waterfront.
August 6, Thursday...
Looking across river from Avignon to the castle of King Rene
Looking across the river
Roof tops of Avignon
Walls of Avignon
King Rene's...
Fields
Valley below Les Baux
Ruins on the hill
Iron cross in front of church
Entrance
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, a short...
I have not been to Marseille since 1964, and at that time I was transiting by boat back and forth to the aircraft carrier that my husband was...
Road up
Toward beach
Lower level
Walkway up
Looking left
Backyard of church
Rooftops
Views from Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde
PS...
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower from the bus
Champs Elysee
Arc de Triomphe
Garden and building
Statue
Louvre
Rhino statue
Arc de Triumph...
Colonne Vendôme
park
and maybe this afternoon I'll go to Versailles. I have also an invitation to eat for 6 F at a department store and also...
Gardens
Statues
Statue
Looking back toward the palace
Tourists at Versailles
Canal
Fountain
Garden
Gardens
Postcard of...
Interesting roof windows from tower
View from the top of the castle
Sinwell Tower from the courtyard
She told me that the reconstructed part...
Reflections of bridges
Fishmongers
Fishmonger
Hangman's house
Artist sketching Hangman's House
Statue of horseman
Monday during my...
Thursday, 13 August
Italy from the train
Apparently I do not have any letters written about this section of the trip. in those days, we wrote...
Maritime Station
I wrote my daughter a postcard which was mailed from my husband's ship airmail in the evening of August 13th.
The Sky-scrape...