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An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of H. Nigel Fox Jr. circa 1920 ENTRY ELEVEN -- The Dark World Over the next several days, Hans and I met several times with Scotland Yard. We also had extensive meetings with the chaperon, as well as Anna's twenty-two year old friend. "We have learned nothing!" Hans corrected me. "You are wrong, Nigel. We have learned a great deal. I am now reasonably certain that no one in the family -- or either of Anna's travelling companions, for that matter -- had anything to do with this. I am also convinced that Anna's demise was no accident." "How can you say that?" "Bodies float. If she fell overboard as the Captain's report stated, she would have most definitely surfaced." "But who would want to abduct Anna?" Hans said firmly, ... read more

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of the Rev. Harold Nigel Fox Jr. circa 1920 ENTRY NINE -- The Vision I was unable to shake the dark feeling of melancholy that had crept into me during my visit to the graveyard. My many tonics and restoratives, prescribed by a variety of physicians, were of little or no avail. I attempted to go about my business as normally as possible, but Sipho began to eye me warily, therefore I knew I was merely fooling myself. We were both down in the dumps but did our level best to keep a stiff upper lip. Hearty, insincere jocularity was the order of the day when either of us would catch the other out. After three nights of unsettling dreams accompanied by strange noises, alternating with nerve-wracking days, dark circles ... read more

For some reason Denmark and the UK always combined their trips. Denmark also had the distinction of not letting their delegate to the Infrastructure Committees take his wife on these trips, and consequently our spouses were not invited on the trip to Denmark. Therefore our spouses had to meet up with us when we arrived in Scotland. As my sister Carol was living with us, she babysat Tamara, allowing Linda to go with the other wives. 16 September 1986 Tuesday. We departed on a Danish military cargo aircraft from Melsbroek Air Base in Brussels to Karup Air Base on the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. Upon arrival we had briefings and then toured the various airfield facilities funded by the Infrastructure program. We then had lunch hosted by the Danish military. Then we reboarded the plane for ... read more

Buz and Kathy paid us another visit in the summer of 1985. Their previous visit had been in 1978 when we lived in Glan Munchweiler, Germany. 9 August 1985 Friday. We picked them up at the airport and showed them around Brussels and Waterloo. 10 - 11 August 1985 Saturday and Sunday. We spent the weekend in Holland; first stop was Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum, and then on to Marken and Volendam. We spent the night in a tiny cottage in Volendam. 13 August 1985 Tuesday. I had to work Monday so early Tuesday morning we headed to Brugges on the way to catching the 2:45 pm ferry from Zeebrugge to Dover, England. From Dover we drove to Canterbury to visit the cathedral. We then drove through the Kent countryside to Stone on Oxney where we ... read more

Monday, June 27 South Kensington, London Please note that this is a vintage article. Hotels and restaurants may still exist but may have changed hands. The Rembrandt Hotel has since been renovated and upgraded and Garnier and Brasserie St. Quentin are rumored to have closed, or maybe not, depending on the source. Always call ahead to avoid outrage and disappointment. Also although the exchange rate between the Pound and the Dollar may be the same over time, the prices listed here are decades old. But hopefully you will enjoy the writing style as it was intended, a journal entry of its time. The Michelin Guide rates The Rembrandt Hotel as “comfortable”. Somehow I assumed that even being listed in the Michelin Guide connoted standards. Perhaps the fact that renovations are taking place each day outside my ... read more