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Friendship Travel These were exciting occasions and thinking back these 45 years we can't help thinking about what turned out badly, and that is, assuming anything really turned out badly. Flying from London Heathrow to Frankfurt was so straightforward then, at that point. Security was for all intents and purposes non-existent as we advanced toward the BOAC VC10. Flying was still a lot of a 'curiosity', and we were on business! Having advanced into focal Frankfurt was smooth and untroubled and one of our party had familiar German. We found our train going south and it was generally so invigorating. We advanced toward Wurzburg and change trains for Schweinfurt, where we are met via vehicle, and headed to this pleasant palace, Schloss Craheim, about six miles from the then East German boundary. Not exclusively was the movement in Germany new yet there were around seventy new individuals to meet and these were Christian Leaders addressing what Almighty God was doing across Europe around then. Four days in these environmental factors were so exceptionally unwinding just as in a profound way fulfilling. Be that as it may, thinking back, a few of us have become distracted and some have passed on and it is extremely challenging attempting to contact the individuals who remain and who are dynamic. This was the first of a progression of Conferences in Germany throughout the following fifteen years, yet at the same time voyaging remained relatively simple and unpressurised. Traveling to Berlin was generally intriguing in however much when we flew into what was then East Germany, there was an abnormal inclination as the pilot told us precisely where we were. Once more, we were met and headed to a Convent which was a simple stroll to the military base where our Conference Sessions were held. Two days there strolling through the Army base and being perceived by a portion of the Black Watch troopers who knew me from my work in Scotland was actually very exciting, yet what followed was considerably more so. Some portion of the Conference was to happen in East Berlin and going through Checkpoint Charlie was an alternate encounter and being welcomed as visitors of the East German government was such an amazing honor. Strolling the roads of East Berlin, taking in the sights, and visiting the astonishing Pergamum Museum which was not far off from our lodging was an encounter which I never figured I


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