1958 to 1964 very formative with European travel

All of my travels during this period shaped my outlook on live forever and got me ready for the great break in 1965.

Most of the traveling was by myself only on 2 trips, to Holland and the 1962 Scandinavian trip was with others.

Also about 1957/58 I started letter writing to Pen Pals all over Europe, this was also interesting input to my confined life in Stuttgart.

All this were outlets for my frustration of not being allowed to do what I wanted. I wanted to be a Seaman's apprentice and travel the world when I finished school in 1957.

The most outstanding travels were the 3 trips to Sweden (1959?, 1962 & 1964) and the Holland trip (1960 or 61).