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of corridors filled with displays. We spent the whole day and only scratched
the surface. A fine display of old musical instruments- a whole room f
about 30 piano-like instruments one especially beautiful made in 1561 with
mother of pearl keys. There are three other fine museums in Munich alone,
two on art.

Sunday we went inside 3 churches in Munich and they were about as different
as 3 churches could be The big Catholic cathedral was to me by far the most
beautiful and impressive. It was partially destroyed during the war and has
been remodeled since. It is dominated ouside by twin towers 300 feet high
which have been restored. Inside it's main chamber is supoorted by 3 rows
of pillars each about 6 feet in diameter, so tall you must look
literally almost straight up to see their tops- and the ceiling some 200 feet
above. These columns used to be adorned with Gothic sculptures but are now
left clean and simple. Along the side walls are several small altars sort of
like alcoves each decorated with pieces of art or sculpture. The size
and simplicity work together beautifully to give a clean, airy, restful appearance,
one in which I would enjoy worshipping at least. Most of the stained
glass was lost in the war. Some of the original windows, about 60 feet high,
still remain.

January 16, 1960

Our first fascinating experiene this weekend was the train ride to Nurenberg
yesterday morning. We sat down in one of the customary four seat sections
and after 5 minutes discovered the man sitting opposite of us
spoke English. The next 2 hours we spent in fascinating conversation with
him on all sorts of subjects and strangely enough, I felt that I really got
to know the man, his ideas, his personality, his way of life, his very
person, in a way that seems impossible for only two hours. He is like a
friend though I don't even know his last name. Perhaps this is partly because
he is very much like me in mind and values, I don't know. But it is quite
an experience to contact such a person in a foreign land under such
circumstances on a 2 hour train ride. Men are more alike the world over than
we realize. But back to the man-

He is now the editor of a magazine in medical-technical matters, informing
doctors and hospitals of new equipment and ideas. He lives and works mainly
in Berlin, is 53, married, and has a 5 months old daughter. We talked a lot
about sort of philosphical matters- the course of human history in the
present day, especially in Germany; German politics and social values;
the meaning of history, science etc. His outlook on life is quite interesting.
He distrusts "big ideas" as in Hitler; detests authority and bureaucratic
making, but realizes that most people are selfish and so hopes for some higher
idea of community to develop with the usual element of dictation as it is
But he doesn't really believe in progress, sort of thinks that men will always
sin and kill each other. As for German politics- here he is consistent with
his world view. He thinks Adenauer is an opportunist but also says that at
least he is making an efficient statesman. Here too though he sees a new burst of
rule making and bureaucracy and he is not confident of the future. At the
same time he is encouraged by the growth of privatism-distrust of the big
that he himself feels. A very complex but interesting and articulate set
of ideas.

Later in Bamburg we were walking along the Regnitz river. We were very generously
guided in this by an old man who lived nearby and would surely have
never made it otherwise. Walking along the snow covered bank of the river
with the moon shining through the trees on the opposite shore, was beautiful