The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-02
Spend 155 Days on the Continent.
&c. C. Fulton in the Baltimore Americana
re. C. Fulton in the

Many OF your readers who have travelled
with us on this journey will very naturally
have desire to know at what cost such q
European tour can be made, and the length
Of time we gave to each Of the principal
cities on the Continent. It may seem to
some that our stay in Rome. or Naples, or
Florence, or Vienna, was not long enough !;
but we assure them that we viewed every
thing of real importance in all those cities.
We did not bave any idle days, nor did
we halt for rest, or stop for rain or bad
weather. We were always in mo-
tion, going to bed tired and getting
up refreshed. On the same day that
we entered the ball on, the dome
of st. Peters, we were down in the bowels
Of the earth, exploring the catacombs, pass
ing on the route the Coliseum and the ruins
OF ancient Rome. In the evening we would
take drive in the parks, and at night at
tend the operas, concerts, or theatres. In
short, we were on a five months frolic, and
every moment was precious and enjoyable.
We flew over the Continent, singing, re-
ioicing, and happy, and were everywhere
regarded as "the jolly Americans" We
never travelled en- Sunday, and this was
our only day OF rest, being all that was de-
sired or required. 49,.
We were absent from New York five
months and one day, or 155 days in oil,
which was spent as follows 10 days on the
ocean, l day at Liverpool, days in Lon
don (6rst visit), days in Paris first visit),
/ day at Marseilles, day at Nice, day at
Monaco, day at Pisa, day at Genoa, 6
days at Rome, 4 days at Naples. days in
Florence, days at Venice, day at Adels-
burg (cavel days at Vienna, days at Mu-
Mich, l day at Bingen, ! day going down the
Rhine, 2 days at Cologne, days at Brus-
sells, 33 days at Paris Second yisit), IA days
at London Second visit), 8 days at Edin-
burgh, days at Glasgow, day at Belfast
and Giants Causeway, 8 days at Dublin, 2
days at Killarney Qakes), 2 days at Cork, %
daysln railroad travel, 8 days on the ocean
(homeward)- days from New York. to
New York. ..&
!. 1t Is an admitted fact that the cost OF
travel in Europe with party OF ladies is
much heavier than with all gentlemen.
The cost OF living in Paris is one third
higher than ever before. Still we find in
footing up the costs of this extended tour
that it amounts to but $946.35 for each Of
the tourists-about six dollars per day.
This includes the ocean passage out and
home, and all the expenses of travel, IN
cluding carriages, guides, fees, and opera,
theatres and amusements. We travelled
first-class all the time, with Cooks tickets,
stopped at the best hotels, made no special
efforts to economize, but the most stren-
uous efforts to prevent being swindled.
Three or four young men travelling to-
gether ought to make the same tour for
about $500, and with rigid economy at
still smaller figure. Itmay be proper to add
that the whole Of our party were persistent
water-drinkers, and although we were
everywhere told that water was unhealthy
and ice destructive, we stuck to our fayorite
beverage, with daily improving health and
spirits, and entire freedom from Roman and
other feyers. We think that our combined
weight on returning was fully fifty pounds
more than when we embarked, and that the
increase was iudiciously distributed among
those who needed it most.