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HUNGARY
VESZPREM-
NAGY-KANIZSA
JULY 1, 1908
Today, I travelled to Nagy-Kanizsa via Kis-
Komárom, Salambok, and Récse; nothing inter-
esting to see, only fields. I was very glad when
I got there; I would not have chosen this route
had I known that when I departed. In Nagy-Ka-
nizsa I took the train all the way to Varaždin.
It cost me a lot as well, 1 forint and 5 kreutzer,
which was almost two days’ viaticum (Money
that a journeyman got for two days of walz).
I went to see my grandmother immediately.
She was very surprised, she hardly recognised
me. We could not understand each other since
she only speaks Croatian and I only speak Hun-
garian and German. But a woman who spoke
German and a man who spoke Hungarian
helped us by interpreting for my grandmother
to tell her what I wanted. I immediately found
her apartment as I left the train station, even
though it was nine years since I had last been
there. Everything was just as it had been when
I left. Over time, it came back to me what it was
like when I was last here.
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