37 Life History --- Touring Germany 1969

I rode the train to Frankfurt Germany where I visited some church members who had known the Rufs before they left for the US twenty years earlier.  The finest week of my journey was learning to ski at Bertschesgaden in southern Germany.  I did pretty well for only one week of skiing.  And, boy, did I eat well!  I also took the salt mine tour on the little train, and visited Saltzburg Austria and one of the “Sound of Music” set locations.  I hated to leave but had to head south in order to visit the Pope at Easter Mass.

lodge stayed in Berchtesgaden Germany

ski top

36 Life History --- Touring Paris

The Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Paris was my second stop.  My French was weak, but sufficient to allow me to get along well.  I saw the Follies Bergere, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, the cathedral at Chartres, many other sights, and loved the Versailles palace. I spent about a week in the Paris area.