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The Plan
May 28, 1997

London 
June 3, 1997

Paris 
June 4, 1997

Amsterdam
June 9, 1997

Prague 
June 15, 1997 

Prague
June 21, 1997

Montreux
June 27, 1997

Rome 
July 19, 1997

Athens
July 30, 1997
 
 

Hi all, 
   Well I left Amsterdam a couple days ago. My 
traveling  companions left a 
day earlier than I for Paris so Ivan (the 
Australian) could catch his flight to Cairo. 
I stayed an extra day and did laundry 
and  walked to an outdoor flower market that was set 
up on one of the canals. I was pretty exhausted. 

   I was going to spend the day in the Hague to visit my 
mother's cousin's husband but I could not find a phone 
book for the area and no one at home seemed to know 
exactly where he was living. After wandering around the 
city for a little while I headed towards the train station. 
I decided to take the overnight train back to Paris. First 
I needed to call my friend Josephine to tell her what was 
up with my plans. The phones in Amsterdam only take 
prepaid cards or credit cards. Since I did not want to 
spend the money for a phone card for only one call I 
used my credit card. The strange thing is the phone still 
put a limit on how long I could talk. I called her twice. The 
third time the phone wouldn't accept my card. 

I freaked out because that is the only credit card I took 
with me. I was worried that my credit card company put 
as hold on my account as I was using it more than usual. 
I wanted to call my card company to see what was going 
on but I could not make a collect call to an 800 number. 
I finally broke down and bought a prepaid card. These pre- 
paid cards only give a couple minutes of phone time so I 
called my dad so he could get the number the credit card 
company gives for international collect calls. The credit 
card company accepted my call and told me there was 
nothing wrong with the card. I know it sounds petty now 
but I was extremely worried about not being able to use 
my card.