September 18, 1950 Dear Kids: As in the little travel journal of a year ago, I am writing this prefacing note last. What follows, and the time it has taken, was, at first blush, justified on the grounds of entertainment for you and as a reference piece for your mother and me. As to the first excuse I have serious doubts. People, even one's children, are seldom interested in other folks' trivia and, as to the second, experience suggests that I have not as yet acquired any habit...
