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Mon. 19 March
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am in Nice now. Last Thursday we drove down to Florence. The next day we met Amy and stayed until Sunday morning. The ice cream again was great. Ice cream fortunately is included in my diet when I'm in Italy. The river Armo through Florence is real pretty. We saw alot of famous stuff like theDavid. I'm kind of arted out. We're getting along pretty well. Sunday we drove to Pisa. We've been buying all our lunches. Bob and I bought, for 1000 lira or $1.80 or so, a rubber soccer, [volley?] and beach ball. Then we flashed all the tourists at Pisa with our tremendous soccer ability. Some Italians tried to out do us but without success. I've almost used up a roll of movie film. Tha is really fun. I think its going to look like a series of flashes though - I don't use too much film at a time. Sunday night we arrived here and found a real cheap place to stay - $1.60. Today we went to a scenic spot and ate lunch looking at the Med. Then we drove around in search of a beach. Not much beach-wise but all beautiful. We went to Monaco - Monte Carlo and walked around, saw the Casino. Fun day. I haven't found sweetbreads yet. I will before I'm out of France. Bruce is a turkey I've definitely decided. But tolerable when I can make fun of him. Oh, in Florence I went with [a?] group and other Stanford people we met, to a night club like place. I danced with an Italian! Who who! as Francie Jr. would say. I drank wine tonight with dinner. I still don't like it but I can drink it - it's cheaper than anything else. I'm turning into a [lush?]
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Are you taking lessons Dad? Volleying is really easy to learn - its worthwhile to take lessons I think. I hope you can make a comback with Jerry. Just remember all you taught me, and how can you lose? I'm sorry Leroy et al is missing me, but like you said Mom, its nice to be missed. Thanks alot for your letter Dad, it kind of made me sad though. It made me think how things change - I sometimes wish they would stay the same - the way I remember. I often get depressed about that. But the letter was really great to get. Jeez I hope Patty will be alright. [Sine?] is a crummy deal. I think my favorite third of skyline is the middle because thats the part I know. I think Jeff and Steve will agree. Thanks for wanting to know our opinions. I don't have your letter here - I'll write about this again when I get back to Beutelsbach. Mom, you never tell me how Sudden Sam Brodie is doing. Well, I trust. I can't remember when the big Decathlon cocktail party is. Hope it goes well. Sounds like much fun. But I'm having a lot of fun too. We go to Cannes and then Marseilles next - stopping along the way.
There sure are alot of religious people in our group in B-bach. I sure can't see it. It doesn't make any sense at all. Everytime we have discussions it ends on whether one has faith enough to forget contradictions. I don't know why I brought this up. I've been thinking of Spanish a lot to prepare for Spain. German keeps sneaking in. I hope I can remember. I think Hawaii has nicer beach-coast and everything than around here. I'll write again.
Love, Anne
