The Big Mug's Travels

 It started on July 6, 1960 in Germany when my travelling companions, Marion and Jacqui and I were "Auto-stopping" through Europe.

We were hitch-hiking in the Bavarian Country of southern Germany and had arrived in Munich on July 5,1960.

We had  been  in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau to seen the "Passion Play".

Here are quotes from my journal from that day:  "An American soldier picked us up and went out of his way to take us to Munich. He drove us through a pretty part of the country, a small road that run by a stream. We arrived in Munich by 11:30 am where the soldier dropped us off. We found the American Express Office, where we picked up mail from our families. We took a tram to the Youth Hostel, where we spent the night." 

The next day July 6,1960, we took a tram to the out-skirts of Munich, where we could "auto stop" to Dachau to see the Nazi Concentration Camp.  (I will write more on this trip in a future entry in this blog).

After we returned from Dachau, we spent the rest of the day walking around Munich "by the time 5:30 p.m. arrived we were off to find the Hofbraeuthaus. We had difficult time finding it. An old fellow asked us what we were looking for and took us right to it. It was a big beer drinking place filled with people. We had something to eat and a beer. An older guy took an interest in us and decided to take us back to the Youth Hostel". 


Before we left, "We walked out with 3 big mugs"!

We carried them with us in our small duffel bags for the next 8 months while worked and hitched through Europe.

I had mine with me for the past 51 years.


For the past few months I have been sorting, selling and giving things away so Randal & I can move into our new  "Open Range" Trailer.

This Big Mug was one of many things that had to go.

On June 19th I donated it the the Regina Beach Art and Craft  "Trash and Treasure Sale"

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I felt guilty and sorry for giving it away.

Randal & I went to the sale, found it sitting on a table looking so forlorn.

As a final memory of it's journey, I had a picture of me holding it lovingly!