1973 HITCHHIKING TOUR OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREA

Journaled daily for six months on the road by a 21-year-old Midwestern American fresh out of college.

Writing friend accompanies traveler all the way to Turkey. Travels from New York to Iceland to Luxembourg. Paris, London, Amsterdam, Munich, and Athens. Rooftop accommodations in Paris and Thessaloniki. Van Gogh Museum, Le Louvre, Hofbräuhaus, Dachau Concentration Camp, Orient Express from Ljubljana to Thessaloniki.

Greek Islands to Turkey where travels were extensive. Ankara, Eskişehir, Istanbul, Aksakoca, and Antalya. Adventures include Meerschaum pipe factory, Black Sea high tides, and jail time in Antalya.

Companion's family becomes family away from home while staying with them in Ankara for six weeks. The rest of the journey is solo. A flight from Ankara to Rome. The Pope and Da Vinci. Leaning Tower of Pisa. El Duomo and the Uffizi in Florence.

Train ride to Venice brings him together with a traveling Australian woman. To Oktoberfest. A commitment to travel together. Love in the Swiss Alps, eventful encounter with Swiss pilot, Marseilles, Costa del Sol.

Realized love limitations in Barcelona. Madrid train ride back to Paris. Sorbonne students arrange Saint Denis accommodations with Frenchman. Broken phone call to departed Australian woman. A lonely Paris in November.

Last excursion to Morocco via Malaga. Hash mailing back to Paris from Morocco. And back home by Christmas.

A lifetime to measure the value of the journey taken and the impact on his journey ahead.