Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

with crowded, colorful streets. Justly famous there is the an old cheese market where they display for sale huge quantities of whole cheeses. Then back down the peninsula to Haarlem where I picked up our old route along the small roads through the tulip fields. But whereas Bridge were too early for the best of the flowers and saw only a few fields in bloom, this time we were too late and they were all out for sale - we saw only about 3 fields in all still in bloom. Came down into The Hague, past the Peace Palace and out to the beach resort of Scheweningen. The sun was out for a while here and the beach was much prettier and more touristy than the gray beach and shore Bridge and I saw. We drove on down through Delft (a small, very picturesque town, the home of the Famous blue china) and Rotterdam, on down into Belgium through Breda to Antwerp. We got into the hostel about 8 pm, just had time to drive into town for dinner before getting back at 10 pm for bedtime. As fast as we've gone we've seen a lot of countryside, and its been a delightful trip.

Today we'll drive arund Antwerp for a while, go on and look around Brussels, drive on to Luxembourg for the night. Then tomorrow we'll roam around Luxembourg and Trier, Germany (may be Treves on your maps) and then for the Burg before it gets too late.

Well after a quick week or so of study and two brief days of finals I'll be off for Vienna. I've mailed for tickets to the music festival for while I'm there (it runs for a whole month, with top artists from all over Europe!) and have my fingers crossed - 5 concerts in all I hope. Saw a marvelous concert in Stuttgart last week, topped by a sparkling performance of the Dvorak cello concerto.

Well, we're about to get driving. Lots of love - George

See you in JUST THREE WEEKS!! You might arrange to have a slide projector at Jane's (mine if it comes) if you want to, since I'll have my pictures with me.

river which runs through the town - the whole country of Luxembourg is sort of a romantic dreamland, miraculously undiscovered by tourist crowds except for the capital city.

We drove on to Trier (Treves), one of the oldest cities in Germany (founded in 15 BC by Augustus, and a major city during the middle ages as well) and richest in history. Stopped only briefly to see the cathedral, some Roman remains, etc. before driving on to Mainz to catch the autobahn for Stuttgart and dinner here on the Burg. It was really a great weekend in which we saw a lot of country.

I'm spending the weekend trying to catch up on my lit reading, which I neglected while writing the paper. Also spent some time taking photographs around here and in Beutelsbach, and saw the Krauters briefly today, am going down tomorrow for luch and the afternoon. We have our finals on Thursday + Friday, and I'll try to squeeze in a visit to them on Thursday evening. Then Saturday morning (after a good bye party here Friday night, probably very sad and sentimental) we'll be leaving for Vienna! I'm really excited about that especially since I've got ticket reservations for several performances in the Vienna Music Festival (which lasts a whole month, gets top performers from around the world!). I have definite reservations for: June 5 - The Vienna Choir Boys, Vienna Symphony - Verdi and Haendel. June 7 - London Philarmonia - Beethoven's Symphonies #1, #9. June 9 - The Verdi Requiem, with many great singers (e.g. Leontyne Price) Vienna State Opera Chorus, London Philarmonia probable reservations: June 6 - Mozart opera - "Cosi fan tutte" or perhaps "Marriage of Figaro".

Wonderful music and also fine art museums available, plus the rest of Vienna to see - should be a full week! And then back here to catch a fast plane for San Francisco and back home again! Whoopee!!! I've been excited about that prospect for weeks - only two weeks from tonight!!

As to the projector, I will get an exemption slip on arriving in S.F. for that and the other three packages coming (books this week, when Jim done with them.)- these will be instead of invoices, I am sure. So just sit tight until I get there. My address in Vienna (from June 5-9) will be: c/o American Express 14 Kaerntnerring Vienna, Austria

See you in 2 weeks! Lots of love - George