On March 3, 1960, Vernon, Anne, and his eight children began a 20-month world journey as an education in foreign affairs that Vernon asserted could not be learned in public schools [REF].
From Rome they went to France,[REF] Belgium, Netherlands,[REF] Germany, Denmark, Sweden,[REF][REF][REF][REF] Finland, Russia,Siberia, and Japan[REF][REF][REF] detailed in the book Home is Where the Bus Is, written by his wife, Anne Beckwith Johnson [REF].