EUROPEAN VACATION (Part II )

My next train took me to Vienna, Austria to visit another MBC family of five. I had a grand time with the B____s, visiting the beautiful sights in the city, and absorbing the Austrian culture. I have stayed close to this family since we first met at MBC, in '74, and have enjoyed keeping up with them. When they first visited us in McLean for dinner, their son, a two-year-old, saw the food on his plate and asked his mother, "Mommy, do I like this?" "Yes, of course," she said, and he dug away at it.

I left Vienna for Florence, Italy, to visit another missionary couple who was associated with the same organization as my dear son.

The train ride was through the mountains that join Auatria and Italy. The scenery was gorgeous! In my coach was a non-communicative couple from Texas. Boarding at one of the stops were three Italian foilks who proceeded to open their picnic basket and began eating some luscious-looking salami and cheeses. One of the women (Marguerite), sliced open a good-looking peach and was biting into it when the train came to an abrupt halt. The peach stone loosened and fell down the neck of her dress! At first she didn't know what to do, but her companions began to laugh and so did I. Somehow, Marguerite managed to reclaim the stone without a problem. What a riot!!

More, later.