TOUR OF THE WORLD

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 10

TOUR OF THE WORLD

MR. M. COHEN'S TRIP

FAMOUS PLACES VISITED

THREE YEARS ABROAD

A very interesting and extended tour of the world was completed this morning by the arrival in Wellington by the Maunganui from Sydney of Mr. Maurice Cohen, cx-ch airman of the Wellington Harbour Board, and Mrs. Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. Cohen have been abroad for three years, and during that time have visited some of the most famous sightseeing places in the world. A resurno of the tour was given to a "Post" representative by Mr. Cohen. "The tour started with a visit to tho Hawaiian Islauds and the United State's," ho said. "While in America I attended the Port Authorities' Convention at Taeonia, Washington, in July, 1929. From. Washington we went our way leisurely, through Canada, finally embarking at Quebec for Southampton. After a month in London we left for the North of Scotland, returning to London via the Caledonian Canal and the Midland Counties. In November, 1929, we went to Algiers, and had a very interesting trip to the edge of the Sahara Desert. On the return journey to Algiers we visited the famous old ruins of Timgad, built 2000 years ago, and at one time inhabited by 500,000 poople. At the height of the Roman Empire Timgad was the granary of Home. The superb ruins, unfortunately, have been devastated periodically by tho Berbers, nomadic Bedouins. They still remain as a grand exainplo of Roman architecture, however, and can even be compared with the ruins of Pompeii, and tho Graeco-Roman ruins of Sicily, as demonstrated at Syracuse and Agrigentum. OVER THE MARITIME ALPS. "From Algiers we journeyed to Genoa, and for four months visited the Italian and French Rivieras. Setting out from Nice, we travelled over the newly-opened railway connection with Italy, over the Maritime Alps.to Turin. This line is reminiscent of the finest engineering work of the Canadian Eockies. From Turin we went by easy stages to Milan, Verona, Venice, Villach —on the border of Italy and Austriaeven tually reaching Vienna, where we stayed for several months. From Vienna we toured the Austrian Tyrol, and then moved on to Budapest, in Hungary, which, in our opinion, is the gem city of Europe. The people themselves are charming and courteous. Their linguiscie capacity is extraordinary, so that language difficulties entirely disappear. A HUGE MUSEUM. "We next toured Bavaria, and then moved on to the Salzkammergut district, where the world-famous salt mines, which for centuries have been the perquisite of royalty, are situated. Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is an intensely interesting city, mainly because of its arts and the Deuthes Musouni, which has nine miles of exhibits. Every process in this museum, whether technical or scientific, can be demonstrated at will by the touch of an electric button. We spent four days inspecting the museum, but it would take four months to inspect it thoroughly. After visiting Rotheuburg we went to Nurnberg and Salzburg, and were fortunate Jit the latter place to arrive during the annual Mozart Festival, which is worldfamous.

'.'We then toured Czechoslovakia and Switzerland, followed by a stay of six months in Italy. -We spent the winter in Sicily and returned to England after an interesting trip through Belgium, Holland, and France."

Mr. Cohen said that when he. was on the Continent he was very much impressed with the canalisation scheme of Southern France, where' the Canal de Midi, an amazing waterway, served the whole of tho interior. This convenience applied also to Holland and Belgium, enabling travellers ito go from country to country by means of canals.