Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-30

Express ERAsTus baosKs, Esq. who
made run over the coatinen, Of Eu
rope last summer. has publ hei the col
lowing s'a;sment in reply To IA, uiries
put u MIN for inCorma,,on respecting
has routes VI travel. aud altsndaa, ex.
pen,es:
Al reaters mus, DO aware that the
sxosnsesof travelling abroad, as at home
wi'i depend almost eatirely upon he
traveller. Prices vary there as here.
and more in the various means Of con-
veyance,--as well as at the hotels. Up-
on all European Railroads there are two
or three elias ses or cars, and gentlemen
oftener take conveyance in the second
that the trst, where the price is al least
one third less, So in England, Scotland
and lrelai upou the mail and ACTON
mediation coaches, the on side place !.
which ATE always preferable, cos. uut a
tribe more than one halt Of the inside.
The steamers upon the Baltic, Elbe,
Danube, Rhine, Mediterranean. and
Adriatic, in like manner, sometimes
have three places, with as many prices
and sometimes those in the frat, except
that passengers have a room TO them.
selves, have no better Recommendations
than those in the second. All these
matters Of course depend entirely upon
the traveller, and the amount vf ex pc Sc
al hotel in like manner is much or lin.
tie as hechooses TO make il 80. Never
theless there are many general aud un.
avotdable expenses which are the same
Tor all travellers, and we give such de-
tails OF these as may be of interest TO
any one intending TO make tour thro,
Europe.
The route OF the writer, afisr landing
IN England al the Isle Of Wight, ana
visiting Portsmouth and Brighton on the
way To London and the tows in the vi
cinity, was through Belgium, Holland
from Amsterdam to hamourgh, from
Hamsureh to Kiel in Denmark, from
kiel to Cope lhagen, aud from Copenha
gen 10 Eisineur and Gottenburg in Swe-
den, from Gottenburg to ChrisIiana and
the inaer Of Norway. From Norway
the writer retraced Ills steps to Goitea.
burg and lhenceby post ad caual to the
capitol Of Sweden. In sweden he visit
cd UPsala and the mining districts.
Returning to Stockholm he took pas.
sage for iLo and Reyel in Finland. and
thence TO Cron-tadt and ST. Petersburg
In Russia he travelled from eighteen
hundred TO two thousand miles, nine>
tenths OF the distance by the land con-
veyances Of the country. Poland came
next IN his route, and entering the coun.
try upon the Russian frontier he left /,
by the Prussisn. His route in Prussia
aiier visiting Berlin, Potsdam ard all
places Of Interest in the vicinity. was
by nail road 10 LeiPsic, and thence 70
Dresden by the same conveyance. liay-
ing spent d few days ia Savony. we mas
sed or by land and water TO Prague. a.
continued our route through Bohemia 10
Lintz, on the Danube, descendina which
We found our way to Vienna. Our route
alter visiting all the country in the
neighborbOod was across the Syrian
Alps 10 Trieste, thence by the Adriatic
to Venice. By Padua, Ferrara, Boloo.
ma, Florence, Rome, and Naples. we
reached the Mediterranean, leaving Ma
pies for Leghorn, Pisa, and Genoa.
ny Pavia we reached Milan and re-
entered Sardinia after crossing the Sim
pIon. Switzerland came next. and ar
ter passing many pleasant DAYS mon
the Lakes and mountains, we left Genoa
Dy the Jura mountains and entered Pa.
Tis by the interesting province OF Bur
gnndy, following the Seine from Dillon
10 Inc Capitol. BY Rouen and Hayre
We re-eniered England, and after tray.
ellng one thousand miles in England
Ireland and Scotland took passage from
Liverpool TO New York, in IN. shin.
which, in sight Of land and home. had
well nigh given us a grave beneath the
sea.
We have mentioned but few of the
places we have yisiied,--the time Of All.
sence was few days short of eight
months. Our travelling expenses were
little more than one thousand dollars.
The distance, including two voyages a.
cross the Atlantic, about nineteen thou.
sand miles.
The most expensive country Tor tray
cling We visited was Russia. Enalapd
came next, and then Holland. In Nor.
way benmark, Sweden, Poland. Prus
STA, Austria, and all the German country
expenses are about the ne as they are
"a tbs United States. 10 l:aly and
France travelling is cheaper than with
us. la Russia, one Of the most expeo.
slve items as we'll as the grealest annoy
ance, - passports. The custom Of fee
'ng tho servsnIs prevails all over Eu
rope and the demand is legion. At the
respectable hotels in England, waiter.
eEamOefmaid aad boots, expect pos d.
EN- Of about fifty cents. Ii you ride a
hundred miles upon an English or rish