Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-11-22
A VACATION TRIP
Through Europe as Related by Miss
Evelyn Manney.

The delightful iourneyings OF tn,
| Misses Manney through Europe last sum
mer formed the theme of a talk by Mis-
/ Evelyn Manney before the Grange at III
last meeting, and her very excellent des'
eription, which, ia the main, is given be-
low, will afford pleasant reading to thosI
whose wanderings are circumscribed, ano
who must see distant lands and foreign
countries through the medium of Other
eyes.
On June 9th our party of twenty -four
sailed from New York city ON the Lave
loce liner, Nord America. We were a
Jolly crowd aud formed many nice &C.
quaintances OF prominent people from
many parts Of our country,
After what seemed an almost unlimited
eXpanse of water had passed our vision,
we welcomed the sight of the first islands,
the Azores. These are very large and our
view Of them was grand. Excitement ran
high as we neared Gibraltar; it was so like
the pictures one sees, but minus the adj
yertising. What feeling one has to gaze
on the two great continents, Africa to the
right and Europe to the left. The Medi'
tefranean sea was very smooth and of a
lovely color. Passing Sardinia and the
Spanish towns, Trafalgar and Terrifa, on
tn 18th day, we entered the beautiful Bay
of Naples with the city tefore us and the
volcano Vesuvius in the background,
which recently buried a city and cost so
many liyes-truly a wonderful sight.
We spent considerable time at Pompeii,
buried 1927 years ago by Nesuvius and
lately partially eXhumed. We passed over
its streets and among its ruins and ac-
quired quite an idea of how the ancients
carried on their affairs. In Rome we VS.
tied the Coliseum, an immense old ruin,
one-third of mile around. st. Peters
cathedral is exceedingly large. To give an
illustration OF its size, eight buildings as
large as our Bethany church could be
placed in its dome. We saw many ruined
castles OF Caesar and Cicero, and the Vati-
can where the Pope lives, surrounded by
his officers Of state, in great elegance.
There we saw the beautiful Sistine chapel
and many OF the worlds most famous
paiutinss. The Tiber river is very muddy.
At Pisa, we climbed the famous leaning
tower, and really the sensation was very
peculiar as we looked out from the top
apparently about to tip over any moment.
The lean is II feet from the perp andicular.
At Florence we viewed the art galleries,
Ufizzi and Pitt palace. We anticipated
much at Venice and were not disappoint-
ed. 1t was great sport riding in gondolas
from street to street, especially at night,
when it was beautifully illuminated and
the people out on amusement bent. We
saw the Bridge OF Signs, with the castle on
one side and the prison on the other, and
fed the doves in front OF st. Marks oathe-
dral. Hundreds of them gather there and
every day at o'clock in the afternoon
they are fed, custom which has prevailed
for 700 years since the time the doves
saved the city by their carrying messages.
From Milan we passed the frontier into
the Switzerland Alps by way of the
Alps are a wonderful sight, snow capped
and partially hidden by clouds, with
glaciers on either hand. At one place we
stopped and engaged in the sport of a
good snow ball in August. We passed
the night at small Swiss village high up