DOING THE CONTINENT ON THE CHEAP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 3

DOING THE CONTINENT ON THE CHEAP.

: '£$. X }}'■ ■ "■. ; ';' •. ;'v-;y '.''The;girl >;h'o':'w ;':,// ; cheapj/tour;;of ;Eurbpe*;requires'; to" have 'a :>,'/;v sensi/of/ & iapaeity' for ■'making / : ;: ; ;;;./the;b&t ; of;ererything.;/;Sho';;mustU ■■..':.;'.:'; a'/Baedekef.'WJA'i'sriiattering:;' of -French'-.-'' or V : Jy y , Gefmari ;ybuld-';bo/Useful;;;but; is, ribt;'essen//;/^tial ./exceptsiir;Germany; .j;i /Equipped iwith *\/these; languages;;.any "girl/can/tour; Europe ■'$}££ fbr/six^nwhth;s r on7£loo;|.; '• A'' : toufvbbbked ..\'.:^: K thfpu'gh;i,Cook's;/embracing .S'Francejl vltaly, •// SwitMrland;j-Belgium/;and": ; >;Ho!laind,' would ;'//,-";.cpstj:ab6ut;£2o: ■- : Honaiid;-is';:thb:;riioW ei /-StPensive/ 'doiihtrj;; fas /a' flbrih" ; (wortfl..ls.; 8d;) :.;;//:.'gbes only as'far. as 1 a mark' there-'■VV'^tpr*;G6ruiany^'.imgh't;-be^sut'stituM;i ///. /country;'.^;a^trip/dbvm.the/Danube, takenj //;■;;;: tour;'ias^yet ; cpm'paratively;. : '. little'.'known. '/V^? h^),imlt :s^!ir.;luggage, ;: and;:if ; it;is necestrunkshavpjtbopked'through ;;';•/ /large, town^vwhere ybuv.intehd-: to i ; V;/*tay;./seyeral; ; ;we(>ks; l J:aiid '■ carry: ~; ' ,',/luggag?," as:-.'all:b'oxes in,'thb;Van';have'- : to.'be ;/;//„ paid/for'by:th.e'.p'Pund; ./A' teav'basket ; is- a ;v;'Useful/:arti6]e;b;f;;':luggaee, "as-afterribori-'tea /;;:/.; abroad,is .expensive,' "and'iseldom.nic'e.' -Paris '•.'■'->..'.!is',,expeiisive';-;especially, in--the/season;;'-lod"B- - a": weekj/but ; .; /inot/in-; town., .be; got for three :'.-:; / p f rancs_;a, nighty breakfast' 'if- taken •v, /.at. a.-'.•littlb-.patisserie,'will,'.cost''■' : about 'half a ■■};. franc,' and dinner- at/Duval'Sj, or -some' other' .' If -'-to; 2 /francs^ ; •- , :' //;i»rf:': T^f^eac hers'/.Guildi;■bo6klet;^f-'Rec'oril- , /■';,--;.*?wed;-addresses;.is;-aii/irivaluable : friend to' ; .;. _ the./girl. ;travellihg.:';abrbad,'-;as''it'--embraces all;- countries. -Italyy Florence - - -is / the '■■■'■: r -' 5 h , a P>st. of-.the; .larger'.; towns j ..'here deliglit-:X-/::fu '^•V/W^-™ .-'..// Which, are.;;well;?TyortK;>-/visitingJ'i'a're''-very ;.;./ ; .cheap;/whileJin'somo.jiarts ,of Normandy;liv- ;-■ j. .-.ing can : be tadjof. .a .ri,diculbusly: small • sum." ;-:.-.-.' Amusements are.oheap,,;iri:,Paris.";-:-For three .';A'-"-,francs- a:seat.;can' : bb/reserved . /.;.:/Wbile,jf; ; willing?to:waitiii;'the- , 'queue; , Vofte ■■-■ ~.can;:sepvß6me of::the : .finest 'plays for ; Sd^V:'' / i i/OP e ? m M ::is /> o f'' co u^ei: ; theVcheapest;piaw ■;'. , -;.;for.'miisio;;. At/Brussels;; Munich; etc ' / J .;;>ypu/;can. : reserve,;your; se'atifor/a:,franc■ or ." /.;: ™™ ?w j%; Opera;' Houses; i and'hear ' ;/ /;:;best iSinger.s^'ih;;domfor.t;';^V'-./-''-'W;v;;'-'.>.'!-' • / : :;;.., :*i';^ M — e :.,;v.SS™>p n 4::' n /-; s /!v„vin.;Jtaly,a/charge is ;inade; ; "usually/one 'franc,-- ':• -v ; B ?v^ at ';"i"JS/ for ,;/■/-sight-seeing^.in: that-;'cbuhtry;^PEverywherV ■ -;-. -; f- bs ; a reounneccssaryS:ln';all.tbwns"'the|tfams /./;.;. take; you- to all .tho sights,; even \;f i//. beyond:the :: cityy: sucteasl.Versailles. at"Paris, ; /::;-; vFrascatin-at^Rome;/: -Even ":.:;:/:Wi»™ I c6;a;'.gondola;Ms : ,a'>luxurv, 'as steam-;''';:/';^a!s-/:P]y^to';alli^:o;u^ying;,islandsi-::and: '-' ,^/ It ' : ,} s i.^ 1 7'^ a^'!aiid/: most/ interesting -to: ,;->*, walkabout. ; the:;towri,.'and ,// 't? a y., a ' ; ? m . a »; :i hoy; is/ready/to :guide for: ,//' ' ; /::&:'i^9f4f; aa y,'Will:; ; purchase:: excellent •' board /? nd ;';.pr,v-if;; staying;; some,' 25 -■";;vW n c^^;^Mk v; will;;;keep;OTe-:in; ; pwfect/lux-; : ■-:■, /uryr.:!-Alii'pcnsionsj>ill;/supply/aunches ; for' /:;::.:/.excursions,i;and;.of/course' abroad'en- pension /,-- ///terms /always /Cohtineritalv breakfasts, :-;: ;://Coffee;:and -, rolls. -H-//H".;:/'"' --v:/;:' /'-'J;-'/.'<-/;/': J"ft/-i ; ;™«re^r e ). ; //, /' ■ ;..poiamodation ;houses. called -."Christliches rko's-'or,'boarding-v i -;iheir/different:-hotels; ; pf- : /,^st;, r /. ; -u-j-f-houses. ;/^hey,aro',ruri:-;in/yafiousSWays amiiW^oririectiohiXwith;'each other /;--.,- /to;; pass ; ;pn /their; ;custbmefs; ; v ConseU,;: /,. quentlyVsome / are;; : .gbbd; j. some >'• r w;/but;all,are-;cheap;:-arid-pbssibla places ;-; ;;-;wr girls travelhng:alone;;/-Tlib Y;WvG.A: has ;.v--':\'' :^?fe b I ;:.', ln '- Be veral s (Continental: towns!where /. jv; inglish^pepple;; and;/Amencaris>bari';-alwa^s .V/v'/;i od^ s .;<>f':the.Glrls^Jrlendly;'Sbb^ety, v notdbly' ;;A "ilf^nkfart, i Berlin.'Institute.;provides >:% : : . «fpellent •: accommodationSfor;HhreeYfrarics a /::,;:// ;da y>" f ! l U;.board,: and /from ;this'tovm : ; y/:';;. ma ™^any,excursipns,/to::Bruges, i 'Antwerpv .".//; J ;W^P?JArdennes;,;/WJien.desirous of visiting :;:^;:Such:p]aTOs t :as;-Niento;:aib'rite Carlo';''Osteud into' :?■• ■; -!' *? <! ■; As,i or. could-stay; at '•/ 'one'.;:oF.?the small /; : /.;yyUlages/,on.:.the;.other-;;sideiof':Mohte : :.Carlb"' famous by ,:';;.; place.,; While in/Be]gium;:stay. at, Wen-'o'--i ™ R WK- axhttle .:wateriri'g;-place\ from- /which "/ / /:- !*- ->s.;:quite: easy'/, to), cbmo." upv tb:(Ostend /for / ,/> : ,vavday,-and;tiere,'^r'/orie;'>ffanc; : / : -ybu/'cari /../,;; wander; all beautiful J/Kursaal "(ex;^rM^P*- tne -^ a mhling:rboms)/.and-listen to the ■ -/-^^^.Mrisicjinterpreted■ by '.the/finest -artists .■,•'■•'■■=;'- ~//;,r / V.'f_. :r.; // - : S % •- w^ ar BH 'i%niof^Cohtinentai ; : : expenditure '-" '"* S, ;i i ' b'o;vtipped, -the. ::/;;;:/™lrf;;thmg,,te i ;.remember/-is/tha , ■?' : Z& ™ H b r ::J ar S e^':Th e^sual:,%/fbrla ""■ " wwS^' ! -^ "■'& erery , ; J*°N& he,i,carf iesi ? - ; / /^efore/it/behoves^the ;;girl;with ■;■'* ■;smali ,/^,/Purseio;keep_her- l hig'gage' in/as: small a com: 1 : -:l . ;-P asa ;, a s -POf ibJe. suporfluuJ^Wugh:;w,:Sbme;places; they, might/be' ;;/; ::?>.¥ I P.^p^ially/ 1 n;:tb e :old? ruins'at %ome; ■V,,:;-/It.pressed,;fpr; time,; it';is-best:t*/pick"out -:,/./toe/rest,.;especially.in.picture'galleries : - r -/j:-:; wse,;rnies;-ideasyrequire.such: a/great"deal •K ; : : ;,;'' ™:;a9itP oi :muqh./in-- a /'li m ited;-time^■ -That' :;;0-iM^ ///:->. an 4.;;^ en ;^ heavat, 9 u ;•:,;/;-/ w^ys;/te:,be:- ; huge; proporz;:;;/a.t?o.n?>vand;:;Pu 1 /;^