Speedway Flyer, Volume 31, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1962 — Page 3

Thursday, February 1, 1962

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Dear Family: Again, Hello from Vienna, Berlin and Krimml. We have only one more week of school, before the Christmas holidays. The pressure is really on, I have my Russian final, a German test, and a paper to write. Last week there were a couple of legal holidays. December 6th was St. Nicholas Day—like our Santa Claus. If the kids have been good, they get presents on this day. But for the bad kids, Krampus (devil) comes and leaves a bundle of twigs to show they have been bad and better improve by Christmas Eve. They again get bigger presents on Christmas Eve but not on Christmas day—that is a very religious day. The Housfrau gave us a great big bowl of fruit. It really tasted good. We were quite surprised to receive it, but our relations with her have improved. We have been keeping the room pretty decent for a change. Not only did she give us that but she gave us three free tickets to the theatre. Louise went along with us. They were good tickets—almost the best in the theatre third row seats. Of course, the play was in German, but we understood a little. The Housfrau said when our German improves more, she would get us more tickets. December 18th, what a day! I had my Russian History final, what a relief to get it over! I got a B for the course—not what I wanted but I probably won’t get credit for it anyway—some excuse! But Hanover is only giving me 30 credits and this will be extra. It was an interesting course and I’m glad I took it. Louise, the girl from Earlham College, left Sat. the 16th. We were sorry to see her go. It didn’t make us as sad as we thought it would. I guess we were too busy studying. We were out shopping that Saturday and planned to go to the train station and say goodbye. Well, we did but a half-hour too late! I have decided to forfeit the trip to Moscow. The price was raised and I don’t think it is worth it. The trip would be for only two weeks and a lot of it traveling, I believe that I can do other things just as profitable in February and for much less money. There are so many things to do in Vienna that I haven’t got around to. December 26th, from Krimml, Austria. This past week has been the most exciting week that I’ve spent in Europe. When I last wrote you, I believe I was waiting for train to Nurnberg, Germany. Well our experiences began in Nurnberg. You remember how disappointed we were when we didn’t get to Berlin in November. Paddy and I were determined to make it this time. But we didn’t want to spend $35 for a train ticket there. Anyhow a sixteen hour train ride didn’t sound like much fun. Many lES students had hitch-hiked through Austria, Germany, and other countries and had much success with it. Of course, it saved on expenses, also. So we got the bright idea of hitch-hiking to Berlin! We planned to start the day I wrote you, December 18th, but we had tests and didn’t get around to finishing our packing until afternoon. By the time we got underway it was 6:00 p.m. and dark outside. We knew that it wouldn’t be good to hitch-hike at night. A train ride to Nurnberg sounded like the best thing to do. That way we were able to sleep on the train, since we were so tired from studying the night before. We caught the train at 11:00 p.m. and arrived in Nurnberg at 6:00 a.m. When we got off the train, what is the first thing we see—an American GI! Not only one but they were all over the place. It was good to see some friendly American guys. Seeing them, made me stop and think that I was one among thousands who wouldn’t enjoy Christmas at home. So I stopped feeling sorry for myself. But back to the journey. After inquiring where the highway to Berlin or Frankfort was, we hopped a streetcar to the city’s edge. Paddy and I were both a bit nervous and skeptical about the idea of hitch-hiking but

we were more determined not to give up. I had made a sign in German saying, “USA Students traveling to Frankfort.” We bravely held the sign out and waited. It was colder than in Vienna. But we had planned on that. Thank goodness we didn’t have long to wait. In fifteen minutes a friendly man in a Volkswagen truck picked us up and drove us to a better road going to Frankfort and dropped us off. We were encouraged after our first ride even if it wasn’t for very long. He dropped us off at a junction and told us which way to Frankfort. Somehow we misunderstood him and went to the wrong side. About ten minutes later someone stopped and told us the right direction. So we crossed to the right side and soon an elderly man picked us up. He told us he planned to go all the way to Frankfort and would be glad to have us along. But he had to stop for his car to be looked at or something and it took longer than he thought. We thanked him and walked across the road to put up our sign again. When he left us, we were in a town. But we didn’t see any signs telling us which town. We really hadn’t traveled far, therefore we were’ a bit puzzled as to where we were. After twenty minutes another man picked us up and informed us where we were in Nurnberg again! How we ever ended there again I’ll never know. All in all it took us three hours to get out of that town. Our driver told us our best bet to get to Berlin without having to go through Frankfort. There are only three highways leading to Berlin and we would have gone the long way by Frankfort. He dropped us at a restaurant along the highway and said this would be the best place to catch a ride. He was so nice—

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he went thirty miles out of his way just to straighten us out and get us on the way. At the restaurant we ordered breakfast. I had eggs, bacon, and American coffee. The restaurant was similar to a Howard Johnson. The breakfast hit the spot. I didn’t realize how much I missed a good old American breakfast. They even accepted dollars. Evidently in order to attract the armed forces the businesses accept American money and have lots of American type food. It’s quite a change from provincial Austria—a welcome change! Interruption I just finished talking to you all. I put in the call at 8:00 p.m., Christmas day—almost 24 hours of waiting. Really I couldn’t recognize your voices at all. It was weird at first. I worried that you wouldn’t be at Aunt Ginnys, but I thought that I might as well try. Several other kids phoned and had success. I was called to the phone twice—once at 3:00 a.m. and again at 7:00 a.m. The operators were having quite a time on Christmas day. The lines were down five hours in the afternoon and where my call went through, there were only two lines open and two-hundred calls before mine. It’s a wonder I ever got through. Well, it was good to talk to you all even if it didn’t sound like you. Back to the wayward journey! We got a couple of more rides before getting to the East German border. Our last driver got us a ride going straight to Berlin. We had to have one going clear through because hitch-hiking isn’t allowed on the autobahn in East Germany. All of our drivers were

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so nice and helpful Many did help us to get other rides. I was overwhelmed by their friendliness. When we got to the border, we had to go through all sorts of things. It took us about an hour before we got across. We had to get a visa, declare how much money we had on us and declare our cameras and my radio. It was quite a deal. All the East German soldiers carried machine guns and some had sabors on the end. There was barb wire strung across the border and a flat place all leveled off and probably filled with booby traps. I was at first a bit nervous. But the West Berliners said they had to go through this all the time. It is all rather ridiculous. I can’t see how anyone could possibly escape. The drive to West Berlin was long and not very scenic. No houses or farms were along the road and hardly any cars. We found out later that this wasn’t the main highway the West Berliners used. It took about three and a half hours before we got to Berlin. Again we had to pass several checkpoints—five to be exact. The East German soldiers were so young and most of them were friendly to a certain degree. I can’t imagine them going to war against us and their fellow countrymen. It certainly would be a shame to see Germany devastated again. Everything is so beautiful and new. It looks almost like any state of the U. S. Our driver was most friendly, he even bought us a coke and told us this was in appreciation for America’s help. We hadn’t changed any money yet, so (Continued on Page 6)

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