March, 1989 Sending you our love from Taichung! The weather is lovely. We had a nice visit in Hong Kong with a niece and her family. Our friends are here also, though haven’t had a chance to meet them yet. J Yangmingshan Park is 16 kilometers north of Taipei at an altitude of 443 meters.ItContinue reading “Taipei, Taiwan”
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Houston, Texas
February, 1966 We did leave Mexico finally at 9:10 am by American and had a wonderful flight much better than Braniff. E. met us at customs and took us home for lunch and left there about 1:30. They had three inches of snow in San Antonio, first in 40 years. We arrived here at 5:15Continue reading “Houston, Texas”
Santiago, Chile
December 2003 Dear Our very best regards from this far away Chile. Congratulation for your wedding anniversary. As you say years seem to be fly by. Saludos
Indonesia
Jakarta – August, 1988 Dear We hope you are having a nice birthday! We are weekending in Jakarta in a lovely hotel, have been shopping in a wonderful dept. store – more than a whole floor of batiks. I could spend a week just looking! The guesthouse is full of Australians at the moment –Continue reading “Indonesia”
Cologne, Germany
May, 1985 – on the Rhine Hi Isn’t this a magnificent church? We were in it again this am, admiring and enjoying it – so delicate and truly lovely. Parts date from the 1200’s. We had champagne last nite at the Captain’s party, then danced. We sailed all night from Nijmegen (Netherlands) to Cologne. We’llContinue reading “Cologne, Germany”
Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar)
November, 1971 Today went past hospital where you were born. Love I was born in the Seventh-day Adventist hospital, Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar). It opened in 1947. The hospital was transferred to the government in 1965.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October, 1981 Dear This is a picture of the place in downtown Minneapolis where everyone meets. Often there is an orchestra or bank concert – sometimes even the Minn. Symphony. It is always warm and cheery – even in midwinter! I have just walked around the lake (2 hrs) and now must get supper forContinue reading “Minneapolis, Minnesota”
Zurich, Switzerland
December, 1983 Hi So far so good – we took a city tour this am & a tour up to Rigi Kaltbad and Lucerne this aft. !! They both were good tours and we all enjoyed them. It was snowy and cold but sunny up on Rigi – skiing and beautiful sights of the alps.Continue reading “Zurich, Switzerland”
Paris, France
Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre et la funiculaire I love this photo, one of my most favorite places in Paris. June 1973 Dear Mom Can’t remember when I last wrote!! We saw this last Monday and it was great. Tues. we went to Versailles – the garden there was beautiful!! Yesterday we saw NotreContinue reading “Paris, France”
Ravenna, Italy
Vitalis (VI century) – Empress Theodora with her Court I went to Ravenna to see the mosaics in 1973 and I bought a lot of postcards because when I returned to school I had to write a paper on them. I thought it would be easier with visuals to remind me. This Mosaic is inContinue reading “Ravenna, Italy”
