RANSVESTIA
to Dublin and a meeting with Alga, one of the founders and president of the British Beaumont Society. She had a half dozen Irish colleens and several wives over for the evening and once again I found that FPs are pretty much alike wherever you find them.
Next to London, my favorite city, for a week. It started with a party in my honor by two of the local groups of Beaumont members; lectures to two London hospital groups; a couple of interviews; my usual sub- way tours and general visiting. Nice visit with Cover Girl who does a very good business with Chevalier merchandise all over the world. She has a fantastic mail order business and all kinds of things for cross-dressers. Any of you going to London should make a point of a visit to her shop. If you aren't planning a trip you could write for her catalog to 95 Upper St., Islington, London. I think the catalog is $2 to cover printing and mailing but it is applied to your first order. I even managed to collect payment for a radio appearance I did two years ago, persistent litle witch, aren't I? Had an evening and dinner with Sylvia, the other founder and former secretary of Beaumont. She cooks a mean taragon chicken. I also managed finally to take the trip up the Thames to Hampton Court which I've missed every other time I was there, certainly a beautiful trip.
Flew to Stockholm on a Saturday morning for the pleasure of at- tending a marvelous party put on by Maryann, one of the Swedish girls that I had met on previous trips. An usual with Swedish parties, lots of toasts with about five different kinds of drinks and all different kinds of people. The Swedes and Danes seem to take everybody and every- thing at face value.
Fortunately the date of the party coincided with my schedule so I could take it in — it wasn't in any way a party for me, though a nice tribute to my past efforts was given. But early the next morning it was off to Helsinki to start the trip. There I teamed up with the woman who was my roommate for the rest of the trip. I only had time on Sun- day afternoon to take a trolley ride downtown and walk around a bit since I didn't arrive til the middle of the afternoon. So next morning the real trip began as we took off for Leningrad. Arriving there we were met by an Intourist guide, put in a taxi and sent off to the Europa Hotel in the city.
The hotel was an old building but well kept up. I couldn't believe the room(s) assigned to us. They were in the corner and the suite con- sisted of a living room complete with radio and television which led
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