Travelling

 

It's a character flaw of my generation.  We Baby Boomers think the world began with us.  We had cars and cheap air travel, so we assume we were the first generation to really travel.  We weren't, and I'm always amazed at how much earlier generations roamed the world.  I have no idea where this picture was taken, but it sure as hell wasn't Pittsburgh. 

The Trips Album 7

 

I'm going crazy with this one.  For some reason, Blogger isn't working the way it has in the past.  Oh well, it is what it is.  The top two photos in the column are dated "JAN 74."  Click on The Trips Collection in labels to see what has been posted. 

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It must have been a hard place to live, London 1948.  Buildings that still hadn't been repaired or replaced, food rationing.  Also fascinating I'd think.  Click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels to see more. 

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The sights of London.  At least in the late 1940's.  Click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels to see more.  Or hey, wait for the next post which will finish up the guide book.

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Let's continue with a tour of post war London, bombed out ruins and all.  Click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels to see more.

The Post War European Trip Collection-London Calling 1

It's time to return to this collection.  It's been awhile so I'll give some basics and let anyone who want's to get more detail to click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels to get more info.

Gloria Lee Bigewet was a teenager from the St. Louis area.  She was visiting Europe on an American Youth Hostel cycling trip.  There's a much bigger collection of her travel materials for sale at a used book store in St. Louis.  At least there was when I started posting this lot.  I couldn't afford it, so I'm limited to what I originally purchased.  I thought about posting the entire London guide at once, but for those who  want to bring things up in a bigger window and actually read the whole thing, it'll have to be done in four parts.  There is some damage, making things a bit tricky in the scanning, but hey, it is what it is.

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I was going to wait until tomorrow to finish up this travel brochure, but I decided to just get it over and done with.  To sum up, Lausanne is in the French speaking part of Switzerland, it's on Lake Geneva, and it's home to the International Olympic Committee.  Here's a fun fact.  The Swiss have hosted the Winter Olympics twice, the last time in 1948 and they've never hosted the summer games.  I guess they're smart enough to pass on the bankrupting thrill of sport.  Too, Lausanne is another word that Blogger doesn't recognize. 

Yes, yes, click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels.  If you don't I'll come back and haunt you after my death. 

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I'm beginning to wish I'd posted this travel brochure as one post.  Well, at this point it doesn't really matter.  This is it, the last two panels.

There are two names in the La science panel, Nicolas Manuel Deutsch, and d'Albert de Haller.  Near as I can tell, Deutsch was an artist and not a scientist, though I have to admit, I was too lazy to go beyond the less than reliable Wikipedia. Haller was also an artist, but also a doctor and anatomist. 

As usual, click on The Post war European Trip Collection in labels for lots more.

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So, where does  the water come from?  L'historie was easy, but I had to look up Les fontaines.  I assumed it was fountains and was right, but everyone I know makes the mistake of assuming that words from languages other than English, that sound similar to words in English mean the same.  Sometimes they do, but more often than not, they don't.

Click on The Post War European Trip Collection, and all that.

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Yesterday I wrote that Gloria Lee might have been tired from all the cycling.  Keeping my earlier promise to continue with my research into her trip, I discovered that she was on an American Youth Hostel cycling trip through France, Switzerland, and Italy.  The trip lasted three weeks, excluding the voyage from the U.S. to Europe and home again, so it's a good bet that they used some sort of ground transport between countries.  Dare I mention it again?  Click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels.....

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I hope Gloria Lee wasn't so tired and sore from all the cycling that she missed this Gothic church (?) in Bern, Switzerland.  As usual, click on The Post War European Trip Collection in labels to see more.