Europe At Your Window, 1956

[Music] [Applause] Jonah and I spent our honeymoon in Europe my mother's people were from Sweden from a small fishing Village near bad where a picture asks to be taken in any direction you [Music] look from the fishing Village we went to housing boorg which is like all the rest of Sweden clean and [Music] colorful we could have spent our whole month in Sweden but we'd promised ourselves a trip to Paris originally we planned to go by air but we saw a poster in a travel agency [Music] window say this looks like an interesting way to go to Paris what this I thought we were going to go by plane I know but since we have enough time we might as well try the coach L bus sure let's give it a whirl okay this was to be a new and unusual experience in traveling a steward is and look what they're loading into the luggage [Music] trailer two drivers never a tired driver at the wheel before we'd gone a mile we took to Sea we drove on to the ferry which took us across the orison the straight that separates Sweden from [Music] Denmark along the fine Danish highways We Roll toward [Music] Copenhagen it's the capital of Denmark and we had been told it was one of the most interesting CI in Europe so we left the coach in Copenhagen and rented bicycles to see the sights in this bicycle Mad [Music] City we saw Hambra the old fish market and aalan Borg square with a royal [Music] palace we saw the stock exchange with its wonderful Tower of Twisted snakes that make it look like a cork screw my pockets are always full of sugar because Joan likes to make friends with [Music] horses we were reminded of a character from an Christian Anderson fairy tales when we saw the statue of The Little Mermaid she is the emblem of modern Copenhagen in the summertime Denmark lives in boats its people have been dependent on the sea since the time of the Vikings back in Copenhagen we again found ourselves in the usual traffic jam of bicycles everyone who visits Copenhagen should see tiv the wonderful amusement park in the Heart of the [Music] City even from up there we could hear the music of the tiv [Music] guards they're all grammar school boys just youngsters Main Attraction of tiv is the pantomime theater with its wonderful classic performance unchanged for 200 years the clown is the symbol of [Music] tiv there are half a dozen superb restaurants in the park night andly brings colored lights and fireworks a Fourth of July celebration every [Music] [Music] night Denmark is a land of islands strung together with Bridges back on the coach again we headed south past the seaside dairy farms toward our destination for the evening near the German Frontier the town of [Music] obro next morning we rolled into Northern Germany through the medieval towns of sches Holstein and then into war ravaged [Music] Hamburg the white autan spread us across North Germany toward the Netherlands since lus travels only by daylight we miss none of the [Music] scenery our hotel that evening was at buo in the heart of the forests of Eastern Holland we weren't prepared to find surf bathing so far from the Sea The Wave machine in the hotel pool makes Breakers any size you want we ordered ours [Music] large this was our first anniversary we'd been married a month so we took a table for two while some of our fellow passengers danced and gathered in congenial groups over cups of Dutch coffee all this food and best hotels was included in the price of our ticket next day we headed west again toward reram for Refreshments all we had to do was Buzz the hostess so we enjoyed cold drinks from the coach's own refrigerator while we roll through the poer land the rich pastures reclaimed from the Sea by the industrious people of [Music] Holland was particularly Charmed by the washroom aboard it led her pretty up so she reached our stops ready for sightseeing we had arranged to take another stop over at [Music] rdam not far from rdam is Kinder but we found dozens of windmills built long ago to pump the farmlands [Music] dry also nearby is the lovely Old Town of Del a snapshot is [Music] Paradise probably the best way to see Del is to take a boat along the peaceful canals which are more numerous than streets [Music] the landmark of Del is the old church started in the 13th century it is tilted like this for 500 years the new church was finished before Columbus sailed from Spain for the new world there was a carnival in Del the day we were there with sign language Joan made friends with a Little Dutch girl who stood wistfully by the merry gound they got on [Music] together it was hard to say who had the most [Music] fun we caught the next coach to Paris arriving at the Holland Belgium Frontier early in the afternoon if you drive a car in Europe Frontiers can be Troublesome but there were no such worries for us the hostess took our passports and a brief case of documents in 10 minutes she was back and we were on our way toward Brussels leaving the poor motorists still arguing with the frontier guards for all I know they were still arguing when we reached Brussels in the afternoon this gave us time to visit the Grand pla the great Square surrounded by palaces built in the Middle Ages there's a flower market in the grand PL where you can choose from among the finest roses in [Music] Belgium russels is also famous for [Music] lace I asked Joan what she would like from this shop but she just couldn't make up her mind so I planned a [Music] surprise I Knew by the way she said oh Jack that my choice had been a [Music] success from Brussels we went South across Belgium and then across the broad fields of northern France so to Paris where we left our line bus near the Arch of Triumph on the [Music] Shan Paris plus Concord the Opera plus vome names familiar to everyone who has ever heard of the queen of cities the L [Music] notredam the book stalls along the [Music] S Paris our city of Dreams thrilling stop on a road of [Music] romance the