The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
rHkouGH EUROPE IN STYLE.
What IL Costs To Keep a Real Nice Party
.ttHfif 4 Six Months Abroad.

What Il Costs tn Keep a Real Nice Party
.ae'a Six Months Abroad.
Q. @. Fulton, editor of the Baltimore
american, writes as follows of his re-
cent European trip:
Many of your readers who travelled
with us on this journey will naturally
have desire to know ut what cost such
an European tour can be made, and the
length of time we gave to each OF the
principal cities on the continent. 1t
may seem to some that our stay at
Rome, or Naples or Florence, or Vienna,
them that we viewed everything of real
Importance in all these cities. We did
not have any idle days, nor did we halt
for rest, or stop for rain or bad weather.
We were always in motion, 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
III the bowels of the earth, exploring the
catacombs, passing on the route the Col
iseum and the ruins of ancient Rome
In the evening we would take drive in
the parks and mt night attend the
operas, concerts or theaters. In short,
We were on five months frolic, and
every moment was precious and enjoy
able. We flew over the continent sing
ing, rejoicing and happy, and were
everywhere regarded as the jolly Amer
leans" We never travelled on Sunday,
and this was our only day of rest, being
all that we needed or desired.
We were absent from New York just
five months and one day, or 155 days in
all, which were spent rs follows:
10 days on the ocean.
day in Liverpool.
days in London first visit.
days in Paris first VISIT
day at Marseilles
l day at Nice
/ day at Monaco
day at Pisa.
| day at Genoa.
days at Rome.
4 days at Naples
days in Florence
days at Venice.
day at Adelsburg (cavs)
DAYS at Vienna.
3 days at Munich
day at Bingen.
day going down the Rhine.
days at Cologne
days at Brussels.
33 days at Paris Second visit
IA days at London Second visit.
3 DAYS at Edinburgh.
IL
day at Belfast and Giants Causeway.
3 days at Dublin
2 days at Killarney Qakes)
2 days at Cork.
% days in railroad travel.
9 days on the ocean (homeward).
155 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 also one
third higher this year than ever before.
Still we find i'll footing up the costs of
this extended tour that it amounts to
but $946.35 for each of the tourists
about So per day. This includes the
ocean passage out and home and all the
expenses of travel, including carriages,
guides, fees, operas, theaters and amuse
ments. We travelled first-class all the
time, stopping at the best hotels, and
made no special effort to economize, but
the most strenuous efforts to prevent
being swindled. Three or four young
men travelling together ought to make
the same tour for about $500, and with
rigid economy at still smaller figure.
1t may be proper to add that the whole
of our party were persistent water-drink-
ers, and, although we were everywhere
told that water was unhealthy and ice
destructive, we stuck to our favorite
beverage, with daily improving health
and spirits, and entire freedom from
Roman and other fevers. We think that
our combined weight on returning was
fully fifty pounds more than when we
embarked, and that the increase was ju-
diciously distributed among those who
needed it most.