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.

simply beautiful - worksk by Wagner, Shostakovich, Mozart, Dukas ("The Sorcerer's apprentice"). Then Sunday afternoon was the chorus concert (highlighted by a Mozart number), also thoroughly enjoyable. I'm surely glad I've been given the special incentive to go to such things (and several similar one's earlier this year) and wish I hadn't waited 3 years to do so. This Friday is the annual Christmas card concert by the Memorial Church Choir.

Tom wrote a card confirming his flight and suggesting a visit to Pops that afternoon. I'm going to write or call Jane to check and see if it's O.K. and have him informed if it is. We'll be driving down to Fresno after dinner Wednesday, arriving about 10-10:30 pm. And also it looks like (barring hashing problems) Anne will be coming with us too! Her last final is Wed. 2-6 so it will work out fine. She'll go on to Bakersfield some time Thursday and surprise her folks (they exect her Friday!). I know you have the Equitable party that night, but we three can take care of ourselves just fine. We'll eat dinner before leaving and can make up the den couch by ourselves if you're going to be late. O.K.?

Well it was a pretty informative meeting. Only one piece of bad news: departure time is 8:30 AM which means we have to be at the S.F airport at 7AM! Aggghh! We fly on regular flight from here to N.Y., either on United or American Airlines ( the groups is split and others will be on the

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plane, both flights are by JET! We have a few hours at Idlewild in N.Y. to go through customs, eat, etc. and the leave on a chartered, private flight on Sabena Airlines at 5:30 pm. (DC-7). We stop at Brussells for lunch and fuel and then arrive in Stuttgart at 1:30 pm on Dec. 30. So warn Jane that we will have to rise early (!) on the 29th

Also I have to report here on campus at 5pm on the 28th, and not anytime before then as I had thought. Only to show that I'm here (a 2 minute delay, no paperwork). So we should leave Fresno by 1-1:30 and Jane can expect us about 6:30 pm.

Well, that's the news. See you a week from tomorrow! Love, George