ITALY TO WARSAW

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 89, 12 October 1937, Page 7

ITALY TO WARSAW

• A NEW ZEALANDER ABROAD : EXPERIENCES ON CONTINENT Among young New Zealanders who have been visiting Europe recently Mr. Richard Andrew, a son of Mr. S. P. • Andrew, ;of 'Wellirigtort, has probably seen more of England and the Continent than falls to the lot of the aver- : age Dominion traveller. Writing ,to his , lather by a recent mail he outlined some of his experiences, including particulars of some very interesting i ; people. i

Altfer leaving London Mr. Andrew j spent some time m Switzerland and / later-stayed for ten days at Frankfurt. 1 Later he went to Molln where for a fortnight he was the guest of the author-photographer ',Mr. E. Q. Hoppe, i and his wife in their 400-year-old home. There was a large and cosmopolitan house party, and the languages of many countries were spoken. Iti 1 was fortunate that all understood i ; French and it was in this language that Mr. Andrew was able to discuss ; many subjects with his fellow-guests. Each night after dinner his Maori ; songs and hakas created much interest F and the evening usually terminated

with the strange.toast "kia ora." Dur- \ tag his stay in Mblln "Mr.'Andrew saw and appreciated "much of its old-world beauty, and at the end of his stay his, host drove him right across Upper Austria through mountainous country V where he enjoyed a lot of climbing. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR. After a stay in Vienna he travelled on to Budapest, where he met the! Duke of Windsor. Mr. ' Aridrew describes the Duke as looking tanned add extremely well, more boyish than ever and apparently; extremely happy. On£ evening, Mr. Andrew visited "The Arizona" night club,; and about 11.30 and Duchess arrived. They \yeire accompanied; by a party . which included the Hungarian Secretary - of State. The .New Zbalander describes ; the Duchess as looking wonderfully attractive, gowned in slipper satin, and wearing a black and white sequin coat. She wore no jewellery except ' a pair of very large and magnificent ear-rings. She carried a large bouquet of red roses, and when she and the Duke entered the ballroom their popularity was evident. From Budapest Mr. Andrew travelled to Warsaw, staying with friends .at Kalisch. Leaving there early one morning trapped in ; furs, he was motored eighty miles to the railway station where he entrained for Berlin. On arrival at the German • capital Mr. Andrew became the guest of, the Minister of Propaganda, and escorted by Herr Wegner he visited all parts of this interesting city. He visited the

famous Scala Theatre, in the company ,i of two Ministers to hear the opera "Livia." On another occasion when he visited another, opera house he had the unique experience when the. lights ' went up of finding that he was seated next to two New Zealanders, Mr. Short,.-of Wellington, and a young man who-as a. boy sang treble next to him .at'sWanganui Collegiate School. Mr.v Andrew- " says .that he; had similar t experiences in other parts of thc Con- * tinent, where he had many delightful meetings.with New Zealanders, whom he found very'popular in the various ■ European countries visited. " ; A aiiAw

Mr/Andrew mentions many strange experiences. ;In Italy he found • the heat very great and when travelling he generally, wore shorts.; When ..he arrived at Kalisch he was. wearing shorits and his school blazer, which proved to be disastrous, as the villagers on the station platform thought a circus had arrived. In a few minutes he was surrounded by hundreds of Would-be friends, and it was not until the police intervened that he was whirled away- by his friends. r Wlien visiting Warsaw he was the guest-of an American picture corporation which Was making a colour film ot the-people and district. His host amused Mr. Andrew when he said he ' felt that by being sent to this part of, the world "he sure was being sent to the dry-cleaners." .., , .. ;Jtr. Andrew leaves this week on his return to Wellington, travelling via Antwerp, New York, and Kingston.