visiting europe 1964

Backlit arrow Saturday August 15 Marriage ceremony? or Assumption Day Harbor from hotel Three destroyers entering harbor Sub coming in Bob's ship was now in port, and I think I went out to the ship Fleet Landing - Paige Evans and kids and Julia Culliss St Martin and St Elmo from...

Looking back at Solarno Fishing village with watch tower against Barbary pirates Boats offshore Watch tower and town Looking ahead - backlighted Olive terraces Across the inlet We stopped for lunch somewhere along the way Musician blowing across jug neck at lunch Amalfi from...

Stepping stones so people can cross street - carriage wheels go on each side Center courtyard of house 3d painting Painting of Hercules Courtyard Courtyard Hole in the roof Stone fountain head Overgrown street and Vesuvius Crowds in streets My mother told me about "Cave Canem"...

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 seen from Municipality-Square Dear D I'll be home real soon. My hotel is on this square and I can look out and see the harbor where Daddy's ship...

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 air mail on thin paper, but the mail still took several days to get there. Since I was going to be home soon, I might not have written much after I...

Reflections of bridges Fishmongers Fishmonger Hangman's house Artist sketching Hangman's House Statue of horseman Monday during my niece's nap, we looked at our Spain and Portugal pictures. She had four of Spain and Portugal and I just had three of Portugal. I was down to my last...

Interesting roof windows from tower View from the top of the castle Sinwell Tower from the courtyard She told me that the reconstructed part was used as an old folks home, but Wikipedia says it is a youth hostel. The exhibition in the castle was redesigned in 2013 (after my time) In any...

Gardens Statues Statue Looking back toward the palace Tourists at Versailles Canal Fountain Garden Gardens Postcard of Versailles mailed in Nuremburg August 9th Dear D Today I saw your uncle at the train station, and he was a sight for sore eyes. I leave for Naples on...

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 free tea, so if I can shop there I will and buy something and have it shipped. I have just discovered that the customs rule reads that one person is...

Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower from the bus Champs Elysee Arc de Triomphe Garden and building Statue Louvre Rhino statue Arc de Triumph de Carousel L'église de la Madeleine Latin Quarter Windmill Cafes near Sacre Coeur Horseman on Sacre Cour Tower Sacre Coeur Sacre...

Road up Toward beach Lower level Walkway up Looking left Backyard of church Rooftops Views from Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde PS The Italian rail strike is over. I enjoyed your letter that came to the ship at Marseille and I hope he'll have another one for me. I got the Seville...

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 serving on. So I have various photos of the waterfront, lighthouses and aids to navigation. I have identified two photos of Fort Saint-Jean, a 1644...

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 distance outside the walls of Arles, France. Bob walking between the tombs It was one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world. Roman...

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 Castle in Tarascon Castle moat Castle Collegiate Church of Saint Martha Looking across road to road to Van Gogh's insane asylum in Saint-Remy We...

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 Today we visited Avignon, Arles, Les Baux, and Aix en Provence. Cliffs along the road to Avignon Cypress along the road When we visited the...

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 2CV which is really an incredible car. -- almost like a toy put together with rubber bands. Maybe we'll go swimming today. Love Mummy August 5...

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 up and took us to a restaurant for lunch City from restaurant They also took us to the Toledo-ware factory. I found out from the girl in the shop...

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 practically flaking off paint on their sides the road was so narrow. So were eyeball to eyeball and had to back up. After the tour, I had dinner. From our...

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, which my sister didn't have time to get for her in Madrid. It is hard for me to describe the Alhambra. I guess you'll have to wait until the pictures...

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 indeed true. A water curtain with a fan blowing through it makes the air cooler. I was particularly impressed with the fountains and flowers of the...