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Scheidas Wolga Trip - "East Berlin - Moscow 1964"

Communists Party: "Learning from the Sovietunion was Learning for Peace"

But I just wanted to learn more about country and peoples and I did! Look what I mean:

It started not well - bad roads, lonesome, and most terrible without any fuel - stranded in a nowhere district

Then I thougt : Help yourself - You must given the one ............... to get the other............sacrifice my last Wodka Bottles

But then there was coming a man from heaven and called me a fool! - From his point of view maybe he was right !

His name was Boris. He takes a look and said he will help me - but how?

That was the perfect help - A full attached former German Wehrmacht Gasoline can - but whats the price for ?

Iam starting to offer 200 Rubles ............................... He said no !

Much trades later................

To get fuel was most important for me - so I offered him all money - about 1.000 Rubles ! But he also said NO !

Much more trading tricks later I have found whats the right price in Russia for Fuel - Answer was also Fuel (for human body)

Then we where trinking together to the great new 5 year targets of the kommunist party and others..........

Meanwhile we where the best friends ever............ then also he shown me the right way

I also told him from the great exhibition 1958 in Bruxelles ....................

But then we where interupt:

Radio Moscow says Nikita Chrustchew was canceled and Leonid Breschnev was beeing the new leader of the Party.

Thats the point to show my new friend the truth:

Long before traveling to moscow I have bought a forbidden western Magazine called TIME with Details regarding the coming changes in Russia.

Boris was totally surprised - Iam just confirmed in my knowledge.........

Then it was time to say good by , and a few miles later I found a modern Gasoline Station:

Now I was happy and hundreds of miles later I really visited Moscow....................

C : Wolfgang Scheida 9.2.2002