Landing in France

We landed in Le Havre and took the boat train to Paris. After a day here we proceeded on to Belgium (We would be back later)

Landing in Le Havre

Since we were a day late it threw off our schedule and we missed Luxembourg, one of the ten countries we planned to visit. My mother was afraid to let us drink the water, and so she let us drink tea or hot chocolate. She was highly incensed that the French did not say that the milk was Pasteurized. Instead they said "stérilisé". She was unaware that the two methods were not identical. This was also our first exposure to the Continental Breakfast - a breakfast without eggs or meat.

My mother's uncle was there on a sabbatical so we visited with him before we picked up with the pre-arranged itinerary. We went to see him at his fifth floor apartment. We didn't know how to operate the elevator, so we walked up the stairs. We found that the lights were on a timer and would go off after a period of time, so my sister and I went up the stairs pushing buttons as we went to keep the lights on. I'm sure that some of the buttons were doorbells, but we didn't know that.

Uncle Earle, Aunt Betty, my sister, me and Cousin Ann