This is a “selfie” from my mother, made 80 year before the word was invented. She putted the camera on the balustrade, which was functioning as a tripod. Most probably, the photo was taken during a short trip to Dinant (Belgium), around 1934. She was 20 at that time.
Later, she made more trips abroad, for Instance to Norway and the Swiss-Italian lake erea. She always traveled together with a friend. It caused my grandfather sleepless nights. Two young ladies, traveling on their own. A reason for great concern at that time.
In 1937 she visited Munich and found the growing Nazi atmosphere deeply oppressive. It was a foretaste of what lay in store for Europe. After the outbreak of the Second World War, it became virtually impossible to travel abroad. And priorities were set very different.