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Belczyk, Renate, 1932- -- Travel.
Voyages around the world.
Women travelers -- Anecdotes.
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Voyages around the world.
Women travelers -- Anecdotes.
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Our trip around the world / by
Renate
Belczyk
.
by
Belczyk
,
Renate
,
1932-
Rocky Mountain Books Ltd., 2020.
Call #:
910.41 B427o
Subjects
Belczyk
,
Renate
,
1932-
--
Travel
.
Voyages around the world.
Women travelers
--
Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9781771603775 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xi, 208 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Early Years
--
Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56
--
Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57
--
Chapter 4: Japan, 1957
--
Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58
--
Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958
--
Afterword: A life of
travel
.
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 B ll. 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."--From publisher.
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