The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07

ctTcuisF Tour London 70 RotesrdAm-..:...... 30
S,os rhp 70 aSngsly (
SIDE tnS 20 Hsiasd and Pelglum.."".".... IS
SteerosAiP RotterdSp 70 ondon.'::....x 81
SouthAmDton 70 New a.5
7,pS a.. on ieamsaip... as
Tip& &o. on railroad. "a
Total. ,.... .tllo. =
Meals. rooms. .
Grand total xpense. 500 :
This was the problem. With $500 tc
spend and two months time to spare K
make a tour through Europe and travel II
comfort.
It Is an easy problem il ones idea Of see
ing Europe Is to do London and Paris, with
perhaps a few days In Switzerland. Thai
was not my idea. / wanted to see sights
and scenes which nave no counterpart In
this country, curious customs, historic
places. And this Is how / solved the prob
lem. In eight weeks from the time l left
New York l visited Scotland, England,
France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany
Belgium and Holland, went up the Alps
and down the Rhine, and travelling in com-
fort IL not in style l returned to New York
with some change in my pocketbook.
To make a trip Of this kind when time
and means are limited requires a carefully
laid out plan. The great difficulty in ar
ranging such a plan is In deciding not what
10 see but what to omit.
There are certain tourist routes which
= present features so attractive and interest
ing that they are generally followed by
eightseers, and these form the basis Of all
itineraries. London and Paris are the
two poles Of a magnet to which all American
tourists are first attracted, and from Paris
the route generally taken is to Switzerland,
returning to a seaport by the Rhine.
So much OF my tour was decided upon
at the outset. Upon Enquiry at the steam
ship Offices l found that the second class
and III Glasgow. The railway ticket from
Glasgow to London allows stop over privi-
leges in Edinburgh and anywhere en- route
from Scotland to London. This would give
me an opportunity to visit Aud Reekie,
the old cathedral towns OF Durham and
Peterboro and the ancient city OF York.
Having decided upon so much OF my
tour it was necessary to determine approx
mately how much time this would take,
Allowing ten days for the outward journey
and eight days for the return voyage, three
days betwe cen Glasgow and London, one
week in London. one week in Paris. three
days In Sw itzerland, three days on the
Rhine to Cologne and three days between
Cologne n the seaport, whether Antwerp
or Rotterdam, / found that l had twelve
da vs. to spare.
Nuremberg Is one Of the most interesting
cities in Europe and / decided to include il
In my tour. From the sightseer's stan d.
point the trip from Luoerne through north.
ern Italy is very Interesting. It has, how
ever, man drawbacks. II one does moi
understand the language he must travel
first class and stop at first class hotels
The Italians are notorious for extortion
and imposition, especially when dealing
with Americans, and lack OF cleanliness
is universal. Under the most favorable
conditions the traveller who is not familiar
with the language and customs Of the people
will spend from SIS to $50 a week IL he wants
comfort and cleanliness and wants TO sec
the ordinary sights. I was therefore
obliged to cut put northern Italy.
In choosing between the other routes
available other factors had to be considered
Many places have features interesting by
themselves, yet similar to interesting
features seen elsewhere. Then after one
has seen scores Of churches, palaces. castles,
galleries and museums within a short time
the mind becomes bewildered and fatigued
and only something Of extraordinary in
terest will arouse IL.
These two factors determined my seIec-
ton Of the I~nnspruch, Vienna, Nuremberg
route to Fra nkfort/ and Mayenoe. Berlin
Possesses no feature Of interest which Is
not duplicated elsewhere along the route
/ nave selected. MuRich possesses little
except Its grand galleries which cannot
be seen elsewhere along the route. Con-
sidering that l would see the great gal
leries in London, Paris and Vienna, and
probably in Brussels and The Hague, 1
omitted Munich.
SuVh was the general plan OF my tour
The bame principles which guided me in
making II determined my choice OF route
between the various cities.
Thus there was the short stretch be-
TWEEN Cologne and he port. Should 1
sail from Rotterdam or from Antwerp
FareN are alike and there is little to choose
between the steamship lines. Other fac
tors had therefore TO decide.
The scenery Of Holland and the customs
Of TIN Dutch hHve no counterpart elsewhere
along lay route. Belgium is a mixture OF
French and Dutch, mainly French in
Brussels and Dutch in Antwerp, while the
old Flemish towns bear some resemblance
TO ROven. l would therefore 70 10 Rotter-
dam, and II time permitted l would make
a side trip to Belgium.
Ny route a. finally arranged was GIas-
gov. Edinburgh, York, London, Eewhaven,
Dieppe, Rouen, Paris, Basle, Lucerne.
Zurich, I~nnspruch, salzbug, Vienna,
Brunn, Prague, Carlsbad, Nuremberg,
W0rNburg, Frankfort, Mayence, Cologne,
Nim~egen, Utrecht and Rotterdam. This
plan was carried out a. far a. Utrecht.
wheie l received q letter that induced me
10 return TO England. The further part Of
my trip from Utrecht was 10 Hague, BrusseS,