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river which runs through the town - the whole country of Luxembourg
is sort of a romantic dreamland, miraculously undiscovered by tourist
crowds except for the capital city.

We drove on to Trier (Treves), one of the oldest cities in Germany (founded
in 15 BC by Augustus, and a major city during the middle ages as well) and richest
in history. Stopped only briefly to see the cathedral, some Roman remains, etc.
before driving on to Mainz to catch the autobahn for Stuttgart and dinner
here on the Burg. It was really a great weekend in which we saw a lot
of country.

I'm spending the weekend trying to catch up on my lit reading, which
I neglected while writing the paper. Also spent some time taking photographs
around here and in Beutelsbach, and saw the Krauters briefly today, am
going down tomorrow for luch and the afternoon. We have our finals on
Thursday + Friday, and I'll try to squeeze in a visit to them on Thursday
evening. Then Saturday morning (after a good bye party here Friday night,
probably very sad and sentimental) we'll be leaving for Vienna! I'm really
excited about that especially since I've got ticket reservations for several
performances in the Vienna Music Festival (which lasts a whole month, gets top
performers from around the world!). I have definite reservations for:
June 5 - The Vienna Choir Boys, Vienna Symphony - Verdi and Haendel.
June 7 - London Philarmonia - Beethoven's Symphonies #1, #9.
June 9 - The Verdi Requiem, with many great singers (e.g. Leontyne Price)
Vienna State Opera Chorus, London Philarmonia
probable reservations: June 6 - Mozart opera - "Cosi fan tutte"
or perhaps "Marriage of Figaro".

Wonderful music and also fine art museums available, plus the rest of Vienna
to see - should be a full week! And then back here to catch a fast plane
for San Francisco and back home again! Whoopee!!! I've been excited
about that prospect for weeks - only two weeks from tonight!!

As to the projector, I will get an exemption slip on arriving in S.F. for
that and the other three packages coming (books this week, when Jim done with them.)-
these will be instead of invoices, I am sure. So just sit tight until I get there.
My address in Vienna (from June 5-9) will be: c/o American Express
14 Kaerntnerring
Vienna, Austria

See you in 2 weeks! Lots of love - George