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Our trip around the world

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  • Publisher:
    Rocky Mountain Books Ltd., 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Belczyk, Renate
    Edition: First edition
    Date:
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    2020
    Summary:

    Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War.Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight.Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children.Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before.

    Contents:
    • Cover
    • Title Page
    • Dedication
    • Table of Contents
    • Foreword
    • Preface
    • Chapter 1: Early Years
    • Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56
    • July 1955
    • September 1955
    • October 1955
    • November 1955
    • December 1955
    • January 1956
    • February 1956
    • March 1956
    • April 1956
    • May 1956
    • June-July 1956
    • Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57
    • July 1956
    • August 1956
    • September 1956
    • Winter 1956-57
    • Spring 1957
    • May 1957
    • Chapter 4: Japan, 1957
    • May to October, 1957
    • June 1957
    • July 1957
    • Photo Section
    • September 1957
    • October 1957
    • Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957
    • November 1957
    • December 1957
    • January 1958
    • Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958
    • February 1958
    • March 1958
    • April 1958
    • May 1958
    • Afterword: A Life of Travel
    Original Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia], Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771603782