Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
Paris, March 1973
We are on our way to Amsterdam. I’ll take KLM to Chicago, Bill to Frankfort and Lagos. The Paris weather has been cold but clear and sunny – lovely. I walked miles to know Paris a little better. Had lunch with Zina yesterday – she says Lisa is very unhappy here – she’s going to US for Easter. Do keep warm, for that helps to recover and prevent colds.
Love to you, Mom
Republique du Senegal
The Great Sphinx and Cheops Pyramid, Giza
Statues at Abu Simbel
February 1975
Dear
Nairobi is blue sky, warm, clean and lovely as always. I relaxed by the pool this noon and thought of the nice day we had there among many others. I’m back to Lagos on Tues.
Love, Bill
November 1975
Dear
Greetings! it has been a lovely sunny weekend here. I didn’t see any animals. I just rested, read and walked around. Today I’m going to Tanzania for a week. I hope all is well with you and wish you were here.
Love, Bill
Premier Hotel, Ibadan, Nigeria
When I went to Egypt earlier this year I did not expect to see Queen Nefertiti. I had already seen her. In Berlin. The Neues Museum in Berlin houses Egyptian Art, Pre-Historic objects, and Classical Antiquities. The museum re-opened in 2009 after extensive renovation. I was there in 2011. Photographs are not allowed in the chamber where Nefertiti is displayed. She sits in the middle of a beautiful round room. It is quite stunning.
All the postcards are in German so I’m not sure what this is but it is Egyptian:
The Gate of Ishtar was also impressive. It was the eighth gate into the City of Babylon in Ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq). The gate was built by Nebuchadnezzar II in 575 BC. The bricks are glazed and decorated with bas-reliefs of aurochs (extinct species of cattle) and dragons (aslo extinct? just kidding). The gate was excavated by a German archaeological team from 1902-1914 and reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin in the 1930s.
1992
The market in Dakar.
1985
Greetings from another lovely visit to what is becoming my favorite vacation land!
See you soon, Renate
July 1979
Dear
From Seychelles with Love. Unfortunately I only change planes here – but I did enjoy Sri Lanka very much. It is very much like Burma.
Love, Bill
Postcard Buzz 