Chris: It was great to read your notes on your recent trip. In the past I enjoyed travel in Europe on leave and then before or after our reunions and came across bits and pieces of modern history unfolding. These can be a nuisance at the time — as you experienced — but years into the future you’ll be ahead of others in understanding how things felt. In 2018 I visited Krakow and I thought about adding some days into Ukraine. Now I wish I had taken the extra time.
May I clip and quote your paragraph about the trains for the Amtrak Unlimited website? It has a side section regarding international rail travel and its readers enjoy first person experiences. I would credit you unless you’d prefer not to be identified.
Before or after reunions I also enjoyed visiting Reinhard. I turned up another photo of him.
-- rwr