, 1870-07-24
PARIS.
How to Travel cheaply in
Europe.
The Cars to Ride in, the Inns to g:
to, aud the Shops to Buy at.
Correspondence st 1A< catesso utoun<.

Corr<spoad7aee u TIE Chfoaso Tribune.
PARE, June -
My three years. experience Of foreign travel
teaches the error OF usual statements Of the
e1I.enee ne1 esrArilr incurred on the continent
To be sure, mort people pay double or treble
ny bills, though !, - well ~ they, satisfy
every want Nor is all the saving to
BE- attributed to my petty linguistic powe1s.
With two weeks study Of Itslian, I m4n-
aged to spend Easter u Romo At about dol
laxa cont day, whils thousands thought
themselves fortunate 1t the average outlay Of
Napoleon or pound. With two hours' study
Of Spanish, made my way to pretty boarding
houses IN CosdovS ind Seyillc, whore charges
DID not exceed Ave or th dollara week The
poshb,e economy In tho cboise Of hotels,
enormous In tho aggregate, " alwxys obtain-
able BY young men- Though tadies are zen.
erall5 nhnt ont Of Restaurants, their dc1icacy
need not be offended It boarding house t.
bles. muht take lesvs OF ladies' compans,
however, in showing you tho door to third.
ctass car Your humph Of dissent .is quite
natural, but Germsus eaF none but fools and
Americans travel drst-class. II with lsdv, il
1e We'll TO take second, but, alone, you>1l be i
N.so AlIta Aep4lu Aol spfeAutnT our y0dl
blanket on the bare board eeat OF third .c!asa
caE. Getts3s students, merchants, and peasants,
by the advantages Of tho stuiy Of nAtipn1l
character. II you aye wiling TO tear on the
vanity OF pride and travel thus, you csn calcu-
late i third or more less for your journey.
Some eay you are tiable to he pressed into dis
Agreeable: garlic-seented company IN this
way, but have almost invariably found in one
car OF another tulc1ahle sot. 4 strange. uu-
patriotic pirce OF all.lce Ii to Hvoid the hotels
fIequented b1 your couutEymon, and moreover
4: Ensss she' thatsn .ass s' th' fdssy sa
full q wants, you Will and Anno5.nces in my
pian. whlcts IL 70 live as tho people do, without
importing American notions: Lot your hosteaa
set meal before you, and wllat. you do not
ike, 3elve. You will 10 IN epicura By the
time YOU hare tasted b1rloy cakes Of Egypt,
tabhy. hollow c1usts and black bread Of Sweden,
with crust inside, hard enough for tho horsos,
to grind their shoes, fresh olives OF Palestine,
Seapoiitan maccaraui, and Berlin blut wlrst.
Do not hclieso the fnghttal suspicion that you
2ee0ssp 25s espofod ts 10 ean1e nna 20. % +
rather run my ehances IN modest
Albcrso or Foslda4 even though utterly igaor-
ant OF 1tslian and Spanish, than iu grand
hotel wherc i am sure 10 be imposed On by
those who know my tongue
It is not much Of \ secret to find comforts
yis,t Usually I hai recousse to Danlsker,
best OF guide booEs In Spain picked out the
most Intelligent lad at the depot, aud placing
my ya1ise on his shoulder. told him to conduct
me to casa do huespedes," and WAS always
pleased with nj lot
Inl.1gc cities aud al places whera your stay
will be prolonged, it is economical to engage
furnished room Such arc alxxya abundant
and easily found, by Ineans of placards, hung
from windows or nailed on doola. All through
Europe you will fnd eating houses, where
anything you want will be set before you, al
prices much inferior to those OF S ho:ela
hand, Sou dlslle imposition, snt
do not fail TO carry everything you need witt
you, even to candle and piece Of aoap-
might add about baggage, bring as largo I
valise ~ you c1n conveniently CARY, and blan
ket with strap. AZ washing is done oye
need not be large. buy d trunk in Paris OF
your return 10 Gil with thousand prett,
things your sensible ocauomy allows you Il
afford.
A. to general figures, I'll tako few from
my expense book. A trip Of thirty three days
dollars in gold; in Italy / spent, On au aver
age. twelve francs, or about two dollars and I
half, daily; twenty y-dye days in Sweden, in Ia
dies company, cost nc venty-fre doilars; m,
average expense for AeEen mouths, foul
Of them being spent in Egyp
Berlin, the remaining three in crossing tht
ocean and Southern Europe, was 81 day
With such possible diminusion Of the ordin
art budget OF foreign travel. low many q
those most capable u the enjoyment Of Eu
ropeau study mi 1t thus improve their lives
In the Glst place seu s:e stud!ine
geography. ancient and modern, physi
cA geography, that exposes the grand condi
tions OF the history Of nations, the mou1ds, as