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My Journey: departure from St-Germain on 2 Sept. by car-train in the evening at 22 h, arriving Avignon 3 Sept. 7h 30, unloading the car in sunshine, after the rain in Paris, and by road to Beatrice's at 9 h 30 where we leave Peter. – We spend the night and set off again without Peter, via St-Raphael, Nice, Menton, as far as the Italian Riviera, where we spend the night at Diano Marina. – Leave again 5 Sept. via Genoa – Tortona – Cremona (superb) to Sirmione (Lake Garda). We spend the nights of 5 and 6 there – then via Verona (beautiful), night of 7, at Padua (disappointing in part) to Venice where we see the Leydens again, we spend the night and embark with the car on the Ausonia, departing 10 Sept. at 15 h – Calm sea; write report on the reorganisation of the Museum of St-Germain (ports of call Brindisi – Piraeus) where I post the report to Seyrig (and on 12 Sept. in the evening we see the sound and light of the Acropolis: somewhat theatrical, but beautiful. – Ship leaves at 24 h, sea still calm on the 13th at 11h 1/2 Cape Sidero (Crete), we plan to visit Crete in 1961 if possible) – prepare article on Protohistoric Syria for Syria, adapting text from Ug. IV. 14 at 7 h Alex. we stay on board, I finish the 1st article for Syria and post from Beirut, where I have an interview with Abdelnour, then Desloge who denies the reputation of Parrot as an excavat
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