Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-08
X. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
THE COST OF A TRIP TO EUROPE.

Providence Journal.
Since my return from Europe a
is9ge number Of persons who con-
template visit to the Paris Exhi-
bitiOn during the present year have
desired me to give them some idea
Of the probable cost of a Journey.
To each one uniform reply has
been given, and the first words
were: +" You can make it cost Just
what, in reason, you like" And it
is so, A man can spend $1,000 in
a months travels, and another can
suit himself just as well for one
fifth of the money. My own expe.
rience, based on a ten days visit to
Paris during the Exposition of
1867, is that you can live remarka-
bly, cheap in that delightful city.
During my visit in January last to
the capital of France | was careful
to inquire as to the probability Of
an increase in hotel rates. The an
swer was there will be none. The
Grand Hotel Bristol is magnif-
cent house in every respect, and
for such a place the charges are
remarkably reasonable. At that
place a handsomely Furnished, we'll
lighted room cost me six francs
($1.2O) per day, and a dinner, in
Guiding win ordinaire, a similar
amount. But, as in London, the
better plan is to take your meals
out, as the French people generally
do. For ten francs (S2) per day a
man can live well. But to give
clearer IDEA of the total cost of such
a journey, it may he as well to start
out with the theory that we propose
to be absent tive months or sixty
days. Eighteen days of this viii
be upon the ocean, and for the
round trip the cost need not be
more than s12O. On arrival at
Liverpool, the docks and other
places of interest have to be seen,
which will Occupyt two days, the cost
of living per day being ten shill-
ings, with four shllliDgS added
for omnibus and cab fares, 81; from
Liverpool to Manchester, where two
more days are spent at the sane
rate; then directly to London, the
fare being $5, occupying . portion
of one day. In London there is a
multitude of sights of interest to be
looked up. There is the Crystal
Palace, British Museum, Alexandra
Park, Geological Garden, National
Gallery, houses of parliament, the
Tower of London, etc, Here, to do
the thing up in any kind of way, a
Sojourn of at least ten dSyS should
be made. This involves an expense
Of $50 for living (it can be done for
less, and well done too), an addi-
tional $3.50 for omnibus hire.
Then comes the trip to Paris. The
return ticket from London to Paris
will be, in American money, $lS.f5, |
and which is available for one
month. The Journey to Paris usual |
ly occupies from ten to eleven
hours, SO that one fall day may be
allowed in going andeoming. Then
q stay Of fifteen days should be
made in Paris, and the visitor, if he |
be prudent, can do admirably as far
as lodging and living upon s2.75
per day, or $41.25; and adding to
this ten days to the Exhibition, one
franc each time, brings S43.S5, with
$40 added for conyeyances, brings |
Paris to cost $53.25. During this
time, if disposed, q trip can be
made to Geneva lake at a cost of
S15. This brings us back to Lon
Ion, with eleven DAYS to spare. A
trip to the Isle of Wight, a run to
Scotland, and thence down through
Ireland, joining the steamer at
Queenstown, can be hastily done at
m average cost of 81 per day-a
total Of S77-and then We find our
selves on board the steamer again,
without anything further to pay
than the stewards. This brings
total of S340, and allowing the eK-
sum of $50 for walters,
ETC., the grand result is S400 for a
sixty days journey. This estimate
is put at top figures, SO that there
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