A writer must “know and have an ever-present consciousness that this world is a world of fools and rogues… tormented with envy, consumed with vanity; selfish, false, cruel, cursed with illusions… He should free himself of all doctrines, theories, etiquettes, politics…” —Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?). “The nobility of the writer's occupation lies in resisting oppression, thus in accepting isolation” —Albert Camus (1913-1960). “What are you gonna do” —Bertha Brown (1895-1987).
I did something similar in 1967. After working 8 or 10 weeks in a Bavarian factory, with weekend trips throughout Germany and into Austria and Switzerland, I took off with my Eurail Pass (first class then) on a "grand tour" to Vienna, Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Malmo. I think of those adventures often and have traveled the world since, but now I'm inspired to dig out the old slides that have been packed away for at least 40 years. I left my Brownie home and bought a Voightlander right away in Germany.
I did something similar in 1967. After working 8 or 10 weeks in a Bavarian factory, with weekend trips throughout Germany and into Austria and Switzerland, I took off with my Eurail Pass (first class then) on a "grand tour" to Vienna, Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Malmo. I think of those adventures often and have traveled the world since, but now I'm inspired to dig out the old slides that have been packed away for at least 40 years. I left my Brownie home and bought a Voightlander right away in Germany.
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