25 November 1984
0750H Looking at my homeland from here, I see that it is huge and incredibly beautiful, and I do not understand why it is in… Read More »25 November 1984
0750H Looking at my homeland from here, I see that it is huge and incredibly beautiful, and I do not understand why it is in… Read More »25 November 1984
2025H The winter has taken me by surprise, turning cold and nasty. Night time temperatures go down to —18°C, and daytime temperatures to -14°C. I… Read More »6 January 1985
My immediate impressions upon arrival at Berlin Schénefeld airport, during a taxi drive through the city, and on the train ride to this city, were… Read More »4 November 1984
1930H Socialism demands an extremely high level of maturity. One must be at peace with ones’s self; one must be able to gaze up to… Read More »14 October 1984
Somewhat ghostly (the airport). But so beautiful from the air. Resplendent in a shimmer of lights. So huge. The airport was warm and stuffy. We… Read More »Bombay, midnight, 31 August-1 September 1984
Trying to make sense out of this unexpected “snag” (Singapore Airlines out of Manila was delayed, so we missed our connecting flight on Aeroflot). Trying… Read More »Singapore, 30-31 August 1984
I guess everyone was in a sort of daze, There was an air almost of casualness, like I was just going on a short trip.… Read More »Departure from home, 29 August 1984