Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-07-29
Buying q Ticket.


took place in tourists ticket Office in
the City of Florence, In Italy. l was
in great hurry and was very impati-
ent, but had to sit down and wait
and so to enable myself to keep quiet
/ noted down the conversation which
l here give to you:
"But that ticket does not take in
Venice, does it?"
mo, madame, but you can have a
ticket by Venice by paying a little
extra"
"Well, think should like to visit
Venice. 1t seems pity to come this
far and then leave out Venice. Don't
you think SOP"
II certainly think Venice is we'll
worth seeing, madame"
"How long could we stay at Venice
with this ticket"
ooh, as long as you like, that is, any
time within the six months for which
the ticket is good"
"And how long do you think it
takes to see Venicei"
THAT depends, madame a week in
Venice will give you very good idea
of the city. But you should have
longer if possible"
"And could we stop off at Bologna ?"
Certainly, madame"
"Is it worth seeingi"
ooh, yes, madame, it is very well
worth seeing"
81 Isuppose day would do for that"
"Yes, dav would be very we'll
spent in Bologna"
"And after that we 60 to Venice ?"
"Yes."
"And this ticket, l suppose, allows
a person to stop off at Verona and
other places on the way to Milanf"
Certainly; you may stop off any
where"
81 don't see how we are going to
get time to stop off at all those places
that want to see. I would so like to
see Verona. Shakespeare lived there
one time, didn't he?"
"Well, madame, one of his plays,
I believe, has Verona as its location.
"Oh, we must see Verona. Now,
then, where does that ticket 20 to
next ?"
"Milan, madame"
"Ob, yes let's see, what is there in
Milan?"
"The cathedral is considered great
sight. The picture galleries are also
very fine."
"Well, then, from Milan which way
should we go3"
THAT depends, madame. Haye
you ever been over that route before I"
"Oh, no, we came this winter down
by the Riviera, you know"
well, there are several routes, all
of which are interesting"
"Isn't there route through Switz-
erland p
"Yes, madame, two of them; three
practically"
(Which is the best p
"Ah, that I could not say. The st.
Gothard route is considered very fine.
BY taking that, of course, you see the
Italian lakes"
"Oh, yes forgot about that. Is
the ticket good to stop of at Como ?"
Certainly. madame"
Then the st. Gothard route-where
does that lead to ?"
"That will take you TO Lucerne."
"Oh, yes, Lucerne, and from there
which will be the best way ?"
well, that will depend ON where
you wish to CO."
"Of course we want to get to Paris
and after that to London"
Then in that case you would not
care to go down the Rhine p
"Down the Rhine' Oh, of course.
We are bound to 60 down the Rhine.
/ wouldn't miss the Rhine for any
thing in the world. Can't a person
get to Paris by going down the Rhine?"
"Oh, certainly; you could go from
Cologne to Brussels and from Brussels
to Paris"
That would cost more, suppose,
than going direct ?"
Certainly, madame"
"You think the Rhine is worth see-
ing, of course p
"Oh, yes, it is worth seeing for those
who have not seen it. Still / think
coming through Switzerland, you
know, the Rhine scenery does not
impress one as much as it might com.
ing the other way"
"Oh, do we 90 through Switzerland
by these tickets ?"
certainly. Lucerne is In Switzer.
land. The St. Gothard goes through
Switzerland.
"Oh yes, so it does. Ihad forgotten
about that. And then from Paris to
London-which is the best way to go ?"
There are three or four ways.
madame, all Of them good"