It was in July of 1955 that the money arrived from Robert. Ironically or luckily, it arrived a bit too late to book passage on the S.S. Andrea Doria which was booked up. That was our plan all along. Because of that we resorted to buying tickets on a freighter which was going to Norfolk, Va. Actually it was my kind of travel. We were the only passengers so dress was optional. I opted for trunks every day. Angelina was very contented also, as she was the only woman aboard. She spent her days visiting with the crew and I spent my days drinking Greek beer and sunning myself or playing chess with the crusty old captain. This was not a quick trip. We were at sea without a stop for almost two weeks. If there was a bridge to Norfolk, I could have walked it quicker. But all in all it was rather adventurous in its own way.
When we arrived in dirty old Norfolk and debarked and went through customs and finally got in to the city I hailed a cab to get to the train station. The driver was a female which blew Angelina’s mind. She had never seen that before.
The trip to Michigan was rather vague. Meaning non-eventful. I was wondering if her traveling thru America made her as excited as I had been traveling thru Italy and Europe. It didn’t seem to be. Of course, I love to travel, obviously. Every new place was exciting. I’ve always been that way.
We finally arrived and the re-union between Angelina and Donna was almost worth the trip. Robert still had the diner and time was spent for a while at the diner while I was looking for a job. Calumet was a copper mining town, all the way. Eventually It boiled down to working as a miner.
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