visiting europe 1964

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 there are some unreserved which I could fight for. I don't know what I have written that makes your hair stand on end (Ed note: She's forgotten about the...

Market on Monday from Lonja Flower stalls outside market inside Central Market The Central Market of Valencia is one of the largest in Europe, covers more than 8,000 square meters, over two floors, inside Central Market This is a resort town and not used to American tourists. The shops...

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. However, we apparently couldn't get a train ticket from Lisbon or Madrid to Seville, and we also couldn't get anything to Valencia. So this narrative talks...

Streetcars from the bridge of the street above Following a fishwife up the street We are staying in Lisbon tonight. We got our Wagon-Lits express ticket this afternoon. we lost our money on the Seville reservation by waiting too long to cancel it. We are going to skip Andalusia and go back to...

Wednesday, July 22 Fishmarket post card from 1964 Dear D I went down here today (fish market picture) and took pictures of the fish and the fruit market. there were little donkeys pulling carts too. The women carry the produce on their heads in baskets. Whole families were here, with...

Window like the Tower of Belem Cab driver with my niece Niece in stroller Looking out over the countryside Photo from the court Cork Convent entrance The Convent of the Friars Minor Capuchin, popularly known as the Convent of the Capuchos (Portuguese: Convento dos Capuchos), but...

My sister's photo of me Pena Palace My sister's photo of me in Sintra (and her camera strap) Pena Palace dining room with ceramic ducks on the table Country side from the window Carved four poster tile below window Dresden fronted chest Room and me reflected in a mirror...

Sintra from the Royal Palace Sintra from where we ate Moorish ruins on hill Sintra Fountain in front of Royal Palace with Armillary Sphere Palace courtyard Looking out over the countryside Tile wall in the dining hall Gold ceiling Garden and town from the castle The Room of...

Queluz Versailles in the Pink Throne room African woman tile Venetian glass chandler Three graces plate in Queluz Queens bed with embroidered cover Music room Ballroom Dear Mother Yesterday we tried to rent a car, but they were all taken so we got a taxi for 340$ escudos for the...

An armillary sphere on top of the dome King Manuel I (1495–1521) built this monastery to thank the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama's successful voyages to India. It replaced a small chapel dedicated to St. Mary of Belém built by Henry the Navigator that was on the banks of the Tagus river. The...

Lisbon hospital out the bus window Hospital Scaffolding on a building Houses near Belem Vasco de Gama monument We saw the Tower of Belém The Torre de Belém was originally completely surrounded by water but over the centuries the Tagus river receded and a section has silted up...

(continuation of the same letter) We made it onto the train OK after frantic last minute search for a lost ticket. We found it, after several more conversations in French. We left at 10 and my niece was hard to keep awake til then, but she went right to sleep on my sister's lower bunk. At...

4 Scooter riders in 1964 from a bus Side of the Royal Palace in 1964 Park in front of the Royal Palace My niece was good and when it came time to go to the Prado, she fell asleep. So since I had been yesterday for several hours by myself before my sister came (the Prado is near our hotel...

River from train I saw the Valley of the Fallen and El Escorial from the train. A nice Spanish man was kind enough to alert me each time. El Escorial Friday, July 17, 1964- Arrived in Madrid - Safely at Hotel Postcard of our hotel with the room circled My first and last hotels had been...

Arrival - Thursday, July 16, 1964 We got to Paris about 0720. I was to leave on the afternoon train going to Spain, and I had to change train stations Once in Paris, I kept having the feeling I ought to look under the bed and my Ventura [a large shoulder bag which held my camera, London Fog...

My next visit to Europe was in the summer of 1964, to meet my husband's ship at ports around the Med. He was a pilot and flew S2Fs (antisubmarine planes) off the aircraft carrier Intrepid The_planes_that_Bob_flew The Intrepid was supposed to have the following itinerary 11 June – Leave...