| Show Yugoslavian Railroad Ride By RALPH P. V A N D B DE This Is a continuation of a series of articles by a University student who traveled through Europe as a hitchhiker and returned last year as a T hated to leave I had learned to feel at home As I sailed home my thoughts were constantly fixed upon one thing And return I I was fortunate enough to return to Europe in 1961 for travel and Before T began language studies in Switzerland T traveled to IMMEDIATELY when we crossed the police guards wearing drab grey-green uniforms with red stars on caps and jackets went through the train checking to see if we all had visas and proper One can choose between a three-day or depending on his My papers were in order and quickly so I went to find something to I had a camera slung over my and a platform guard told me not to take any I don't know what was in the I saw only the some poor and the man who sold me a heavily watered orange Five guards remained on the train armed with automatic rifles and Sometimes the smell inside these crowded trains is Hitchcock has left this out in his famous stories of intrigue and the Orient Because automobiles are owned only by the rich thousands of workers and farmers travel by Often someone removes his shoes to another follows and then a The peasants are almost barbaric in this on a train it is every man for FROM THE BORDER to the only offender was the third occupant of the a Yugoslav whose feet were only three feet from my Neither I nor the Greek-American medical student who shared the compartment with us said anything to the The window was We had a choice of coal dust and sparks or the we breathed the so many boarded the train that several arguments arose over seating Two men nearly came to blows in my compartment and one of the guards was He wrote down names and In the hall people were standing and even lying Women especially sat on the filthy floor of the Two meals were on the menu priced at and GOO exchange is to a Here it was cool and we ate by candle The majority of people couldn't afford to eat on the The dinar meal included and dessert as well as a main course of pork chop and various At home these prices would be I SPOKE with two men who were dining with They were Serbs but spoke good received 50 new electric locomotives from the one said paying a paid high taxes to give I He said something to his friend in their native Three hours later I returned to the A crew-cut sat next to his aunt was across the The boy was learning English in We conversed as well as I called him Mickey he knew Mickey from comic please answer to the he His teacher must have made those words a daily 1 was impressed with the many things the boy could OUT IN THE HALL the bored peasants had stood four sang folk Some more people told me about the 50 most were more humble in their appreciation than the owes me a fellow who mentioned it The moon was full and orange when we arrived in Belgrade at a.m. It was good to see a large From to Belgrade I had seen only corn dry enough to threaten the 1 agriculture of the country and its I hated to say goodbye to Mickey |
