11 April 1960

Norfolk, Virginia

Dearest Pat,

Needless to say I'm quite happy to hear from you. I had almost given up hope of ever hearing from you again.

[illegible] from you again.

Pat, I feel terribly about not being present when you needed me, even though, as you said, it was impossible.

Well, as you probably realize, we got back to the states the last of March. We had a wonderful trip, overall we traveled about 14000 miles. We visited Spain, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, and England.

Although the northern European countries are very beautiful, I think the most notable part of my visit was seeing the differences between them and the U.S. both culturally and socially. The difference was especially noticeable in the Scandinavian countries. If I had to choose a country to live in, outside of the U.S., it would be Norway or Sweden. I would like to say more about my trip, but your problems are first and quite a bit more important than my babbling.