The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-06
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Judge Lopez Tells OF His Summer In Europe

done by the bombing. The build.
ings all around our hotel were
badly damaged as il happens that
the hotel was near the railroad
station and the buildings around
the railroad We're the ones that
were so heavily damaged.
Damage 10 coblenx
Everywhere we walked around
Coblenz, we saw that the people
did not seem to be well dressed,
seemed to be little depressed
and the stores did not have much
merchandise nor many things to
sell especially VIXEN one compares
Coblenz with Frankfurt.
We were told that Coblenz, which
is French occupied, did not have
many families of soldiers and
therefore the occupation is not
helping as much as in the Ameri.
can zones where the soldiers and
their families spent quite a bit OF
money. It seems that the French
soldier does not earn enough mon.
ey to be able to take his family
along with him. It was said tina,
Coblenz was 80 per cent bombed
during the war and according to
the damage. it really must have
been.
Thursday morning, June 4, we
went for sightseeing trip at Cob.
lenz and saw King Williams Pal.
ace, which is now the headquar.
tiers for the occupation forces, and
whre the Moselle and Rhine Riv.
ers meet. The guide stated at the
confluence of the two rivers, a sta.
tue of william stood for many
years which was made of iron but
was taken down after being bomb.
ed and used for making arma-
ments.
We then visited a castle built
about 100 and restored in 1917 and
1923. We noticed a number of pa.
rades all over Coblenz either going
or coming from different Catholic
Churches and on the routes we
noticed many shrines along the
streets. We found that there are
many Catholic people in Coblenz
and as it was Corpus Christi. the
parades were numerous.
To Wiesbaden
We left Coblenz by Rhine steam.
er at 2:15 for Weisbaden. The trim
was beautiful and we saw many
castles on the Rhine and many
small towns all along the way. In.
asmuch as Corpus Christi was a
holiday in many of the towns. we
saw plenty people near the docks
and saw many boats going up and
down the river. The river really
carries a lot of commerce. Some
OF the ships 60 from Switzerland
to Rotterdam and also to the North
Sea. We arrived at Weisbaden that
afternoon and were droven Ia
Frankfurt which was IS per cent
bombed during the war, but we
were quite surprised by the nun.
Der of new buildings.
Friday, June 5th, we spent in
Frankfurt visiting around the CITY
and visited with Yvonne Pinder
Julian and her husbadn, Dennis
Julian, and their son. We went for
an afternoon ride and then while
Lillian and Rosia stayed with
Yvonne, Curry and / went with
Dennis for a ride on Auto Bahr
and then came back by the side
road where We say may old and
picturesque German towns.
Saturday, we spent In Frankfurt
shopping and had the opportunity
to 60 into a new bank building
which was a beautiful modernistic
building, also saw plenty of the
work that was beng done around
the streets, replacing sewerage and
the streets. The City,
which is in United States zone.
shows a lot Of progress and it is
really growing up rapidly.
Sunday morning, we left by car
for Heidelberg where We took the