Chapter 19
Yalta
Soon after my return from Poland I went to enjoy the 8 days of my tourist trip won on the competition. It has been an economy trip, but as the place I had chosen has not been spoiled even by belonging to the S.U. -- today to Ukraine -- I really enjoyed it.
I took experiences and a small package of gifts home from Yalta.
After my Yalta trip we had some holiday left, we spent it together all the three on the lake Balaton.
About two years before John, my colleague in the repair yard, had bought with his wife an apartment in the "long house”, called so because of its 12 staircases in line, the longest of our estate. Their flat has been a copy of ours, we were frequent guests with each other.
There was another former colleague from that workplace, who purchased his flat with his family near to us. Their apartment was of the other type, that we would have got originally, had we had enough money then. He was August, his wife Edith, they have had two sons. With them we were keeping contacts, too.
Our holiday that I have mentioned above, has been organized by John in his mother’s summer house at the lake. It was a short stay and not a very pleasant one because of mosquitoes.