Tag: Montreal

6th July Thursday. Made a mistake
with the time, and was in the
bath at 5-30 A.M. Had breakfast,
packed and am ready for my
trip back to New York, so cheerio
Montreal, wont forget you for a
long time. So New York here I come.

5th July Wednesday. Had a very quiet
day, did a little shopping and and
kept up to date with my correspondence.

4th July 1967. Tuesday
This morning Irma, Irene and I
went to town, believe me one
town is as alike as another, the
shops carry almost the same
kind of goods as at home, but
ever as much dearer, got a
few souveniers from the Expo
but could have bought the same
things at home at half the price.
Have come home for dinner,
and after this we are going to
Alex’s relations (the Freedlanders)
to spend the evening with them.
Went to the “Friedlanders” a charming
couple, and had a very pleasant
time with them.

3rd July 1967. Monday. After breakfast
Minnie, the Wandering Jewess, went
again to the Expo, this time feeling
like a veteran, and although the
Queen was there earlier than
mois, this didnt overshadow my
visit, took in quite a few
pavilions, and was as thrilled
as ever, sat down for a coffee
and was joined by a Jewish
gentleman from Poland, and a
Jewish lady from New York.
Naturally, we all got talking,
and enjoyed their company
very much, got home a bit
late, and Pitu and Irma were
waiting for me, thought I had
got lost but no fear.

[Queen Elizabeth did indeed visit the Expo on this day in 1967. You can read about it here, or catch this Pathe film of the visit.]

2-7-67 Sunday. Here I am on
my own to the Expo, considering
the fact that I had a bus and
2 changes on the metro to make I
felt very proud and happy
when I arrived there without
mishap. It’s true he who
travels alone travels fastest,
becasue I went through
quite a few pavilions and did
them them [sic] thoroughly, one of
which was the Pavillion of
Judaism, this certainly was
something even better than the
Israeli one, arrived home after
8p.m., and fell into a chair, boy
was I tired!

[Judaism Pavilion]

1-7-67. Saturday.
Pitu took me to Expo, we
were there all day, and only
managed two pavilions, the
Israeli and the British, they
were certainly worth visiting,
both of which I was very
proud of. I thought when I
went to the Brussels Fair
that it was something, but
really nothing in comparison
to this. Went home tired but
happy.

[British Pathe short film about Expo67]