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Mon 1-Oct-56:\u00a0\u00a0 Taking off for Vienna 12:20. Arrived and rushed twice to Rumanian Consulate.\u00a0 Cashed \u00a32<\/i><\/h6>\n
Tue 2-Oct-56:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great trouble making conversation at Consulate – no English spoken – got visa Hungarian & Hotel Stefanie<\/a> – had to leave at 4 for Budapest – arrived about 7 Grand Hotel by the Danube over night.\u00a0 Cashed \u00a310<\/i><\/h6>\n

\"1956<\/p>\n

Grand Hotel<\/a> Budapest<\/h6>\n
2 Oct. Tues night [1956]<\/h6>\n

My dear Dorothy,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very late, something after twelve \u2013 but I\u2019d like you to get a line from Hungary. See how dutifully I am supplying Graham with stamps from all ports of call. Costing me plenty. The letter from Munich was double weight & air mail postcard to Graham, and the same to Sharon [King Watson\u2019s daughter<\/i>], set me back about 8\/-. Have had a heavy time of it in Vienna madly walking back and forth between the Hotel and two different legations. I had to get visas from both the Rumanian & Hungarian legations. The Rumanian Legation is a good two miles from the pub. On arrival at Vienna on Monday [1 Oct 1956] about 1 o\u2019clock I struggled around the crowded streets with all my gear \u2013 weather hot too \u2013 looking for the travel agency to find me a room, which they did. More struggle till I got a bus they had suggested. Had a wash & like a fool left my heavy boots & hastened down to the Embassy \u2013 only realising when I had got there that my passport was at the hotel being entered up in the lodger\u2019s book. (All European countries demand your visa when being booked in for accommodation.) Got there couldn\u2019t find anyone to speak English – & with my pidgin German understood I was to bring it straight back. Which I did & left it on the hope that on the morrow they could dial up an English speaker. I was about zoosed the way back on the second trip & had a fairly early night. Went down early in the morning \u2013 got there & realised the time was only 8 instead of 9. Cooled my heels around the town for an hour & went back.<\/p>\n

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Burgtheater on Universit\u00e4tsring, Vienna, Austria; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
<\/a>
Parliament, Vienna; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vienna,
Parliament, Vienna, Austria; 28 December 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Burgtheater on Universit\u00e4tsring, Vienna, Austria; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
<\/a>
Volksgarten, Vienna; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Caf\u00e9 Landtmann on Universit\u00e4tsring, Vienna; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tresniewski Buffet at Dorotheergasse 1, Wien, Austria; 2 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tresniewski Buffet at Dorotheergasse 1, Wien, Austria; 29 December 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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My God, what a conversation. My phrase book, which I can\u2019t find anything useful in \u2013 my pidgin German \u2013 occasional words of English & French & we came to some sort of understanding. Went to Hungarian Embassy & did somewhat better with an English speaking girl. Left passport & had to return at 3 pm. Then went to the flight booking place & found I couldn\u2019t alter the flight plan & so had to rush madly around, pack up & get passport & be ready to board a bus by 4 pm, which I did. Unfortunately left my grey pyjamas behind in Hotel \u2013 but will write them with this letter & ask them to hang on to them for my return. I hope they do. Budapest is only 1\u00bd from Vienna & only two passengers on plane. Police boarded us soon as plane touched ground & looked at our passports. Anyway we cleared through without trouble & I am settled for the night in the above hotel. It is a very big place. Must have been pretty posh once. I\u2019m tired \u2013 Goodnight darling.<\/p>\n

We arrived in the dark & so didn\u2019t see anything of B-Pest but electric lights. The hotel is a long way out but is beautifully situated in a park alongside the Danube, not that the Danube looks anything but industrial in this area. Big wide river though \u2013 splits in two just here & this place I\u2019m on is an island in the middle [Margit or Margaret Island]. Odd collection of people here last night. Refined & unrefined \u2013 dancing to orchestra till after I went to bed. Magnificent big dining room \u2013 foyer, etc. \u2013 Also Chinese here & a great bunch of Indians in all sorts of dress. They were of both sexes.<\/p>\n

Lots of love<\/p>\n

Bill.<\/p>\n

I am apt to get panic stricken about getting these planes when so few understand English. I\u2019m on edge now waiting for the hotel bill & for them to change some Austrian money into Hungarian \u2013 would have been a lot easier if my cheques had had been properly endorsed. If I get this plane, I\u2019ll be able to relax for some time. I\u2019m to meet Buican or someone at 2.30 pm today.<\/p>\n

I wish I\u2019d had you in Vienna. It is a lovely city. I shall you more of what little I saw later. Things would been a lot more pleasant if you were with me darling.\u00a0 You\u2019d better take some more lottery tickets because if ever we were to make the trip we\u2019d need plenty. As it is with credit restrictions I reckon two people wouldn\u2019t last more than a month for \u00a3300, i.e. paying their own fares etc. Be nice snooping around with you \u2013 and returning to the hotel \u2013 yes?<\/p>\n

Lots of love dear and tell Graham I don\u2019t forget him \u2013 I hope he is happy \u2013 and how about Trelly?<\/p>\n

I hope you didn\u2019t send any letters to Vienna, because I was in a different hotel.<\/p>\n

Ta-ta Sweetie<\/p>\n

Yours Bill<\/p>\n

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Grand Hotel on Margaret Island in the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary; 3 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary; 3 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u00c1rp\u00e1d Bridge or \u00c1rp\u00e1d h\u00edd over the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary; 3 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
<\/a>
Grand Hotel on Margaret Island in the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary; 3 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grand Hotel on Margaret Island in the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary; 3 October 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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