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Skriven 2008-01-30 13:56:09 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1496 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: simply shrimply
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Hi Hap,

-> But I suspect I saw more of Germany than you did, and probably a few of
-> the other European countries as well. (G)

 hn> I made more than one trip to Germany, even got
 hn>  to Berlin once and got to see Check Point Charley.
 hn> I also made trips to Spain, Belgium, went to school
 hn> in Switzerland, and Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Israel,
 hn> and Egypt. One trip to Moracco...but I don't really
 hn> count that, took the boat over and took the same
 hn> boat back (grin) We were also in the Congo for

You did get around! We saw part of Austria, vactioned in Interlaken
(Switzerland) 3 years, saw a fair amount of Germany (including
Checkpoint Charlie before and after the wall came down).  I also saw
some of Belgium, the Netherlands and England.  We were somewhat
restricted with Steve's work, living in Berlin before travel
restrictions were eased, a poor exchange rate and other factors.  The
fact that we did get the opportunity to go over and live in Germany for
almost 6 years was great; I don't think anyone else in the town where I
grew up has spent that much time abroad.  I dare say I'm the most
traveld of my high school classmates; last I knew, half or more of them
were within a 25 to 50 mile radius of where they grew up.

-> So a touring bike would have been better in the long run?

 hn> Touring bikes in those days had (usually) only three speeds,
 hn> and that's simply NO good for bike workouts if you're
 hn> serious...(and only girls and old people rode em) !

Your teen age opinions of them are coming out. (G)

->  hn> I had about 6 friends who were bike nuts like I was
->  hn> and we even had a few french kids who hung around

-> Quite a gang of you then.

 hn> I'm trying to remember the names of all the
 hn> group...must have been at least twelve to
 hn> fifteen of us all total.

Any old pictures around?

->  hn> When we first got to France I'd say
->  hn> I pretty much stood out like a sore thumb!

-> How old were you then?

 hn> Went over when I was 11 1/2, came back
 hn> just before I turned 16....my "formative" years (G)

At the time when you were open to trying new kinds of food too. Did your
mom shop on the economy or just at the commissary?  I surprised some of
my friends when I told them that I shopped for some foodstuffs on the
economy because we just couldn't get all we wanted (whole grain pastas
for example) at the commissary. I'd end up going to a Reformhaus for
them quite often.


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Ruth
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