I did so by pointing out that an organization was neither necessary nor could it accomplish anything and we let the subject sort of die away. But that would be all I'd need an organization of TSs to deal with. I'm sure some of you can see the irony of that. I did however learn a number of things from her about how they handled their cases and what they had accomplished—information that will probably be helpful over here if and when I or someone else starts a gender iden- tity counseling service.

July 4. We took a trip on the Seine, went to the Sacre Coeur and to Montmartre. Certainly this "naughty" area of Paris is vastly overrated. Its just crowded with strip tease houses. But outside on the street their photo advertisements for the goodies within are done in this special technique of printing a photo on special paper that gives an effect of 3D. It is really fantastic. Here are these lighted photos with figures about 12 inches high nude and accurate in every detail. They look like living dolls with all the standard equipment. Dick felt that the places oversold themselves because he said after studying the little dolls why go inside, paying a nice fee to see the same thing in 5' 4" at a distance of maybe 20-30 feet. He wanted to settle for the pics and would have liked to have had one to take home.

July 5. Today flew to Zurich, Switzerland and were met by one of our new readers, taken to lunch and shown around town. I bought my- self a silver wrist watch here which looks better with some outfits than a gold one. In the late afternoon we took the train to Lucerne but arrived in a rain storm and so we couldn't see the city.

July 6. Took the Alpine tour winding up over the Furka and Grimsel passes in a gov't. postal bus which has the drivers seat on the right hand side so he can see how close he is to the edge. I had the feeling on a couple of occasions that he was hanging out in open space. This is a beautiful trip and one to remember as I had from when I was 16 and took the trip with my mother. We stayed that night in Interlaken.

July 7. Rain. Walked around town a bit. Tried putting up my own hair but too damp, wouldn't dry. This morning I had my hair done in desperation. In the afternoon we took a car up one of the valleys out- side of Interlaken to visit the famous Trumelbach falls which literal- ly fall inside the mountain. You have to take a 45° elevator up into the mountain to see them and have to wear a rain cape to stay dry from the spray. Certainly unusual and fascinating. In the afternoon we caught the train back to Zurich so that we could catch an Alitalia jet