Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-06-04
VISIT 10 THE HOLY LANDS.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: AS some
of my Watauga friends may be
Interested in my receett trip to the
Holy Lands, and the Orient,
and may care to know whatplaces
and countries ] visited. lam en-.
closing this letter stating the
same.
Our party first landed at -Fuc-
hal Madeira, which is noted for
It's natural beauty. We visited
the old Cathedral that Columbus
was married in, and the Metho.
disd mission, and other places OF
minor interest. From there We
went to Cadiz and Seville, Spain,
where we saw much OF the Moor
ish architecture, and many of
Murillow's noted paintings. We
l@w the tomb Of Columbus and
the great jewelry made Of the met
al that the early explowrscarried
from America. Next we visited
the fortifcation of Gibraltar, and
from there we went to what was
once the home OF the Pirates, Al
geirs, Africa.
These were all places Of note
and historical interest, but not
to be compared with the places
we were to visit next. Athens
with it's Acropolis surrounded by
Mars Hill, Nynx, Socrates prison,
Stadium, and the temples to Ju-
piter and Theus, all in full view
is truly a thrilling and an inspir-
ing place. Constantinople, with
4 fs many mosques, and the Con-
stantine church, st. Sophina, with
the Temple, the Museum, the Bos-
phorus, the filthy streets and dir
ty people, and the fact that they
have starved their dogs to death,
all combined, gives interesting
things to see and, think about.
Next we concentrated our at
Stention on the noted and inspir-
ingecountry Of Palestine. Here
we saw too many things to be-
/ gin to tell about, but Ishall speak
+ of them briefly and pass on to
Egypt. We landed at Haifa and
went to Jerusalem by the way of
Nazareth, Gallilee, and Samaria,
from Jerusalem we drove to Jor-
dan, Jerico and the Dead Sea.
We visited such places as, Caper-
naum, Bethsada, Mt. of Beati,
tudes, CanaMt Of TRANSPORTATION,
Mt. Tabor, Little Hermon, Valley
OF Esdrallon, Samaria, Shecham,
Mt. Ephriam, Betel, Bethlehem,
Mt. of Olives and Calvery, We
took the train from Jerusalem
10 Joppa, and from there we went
to Carlo, where We saw the
Pyramyds, Sphinx, Obelisk and in
the Museum we saw the mummies
OF the Pharaoes, thatruled at the
time of Moses, and many other
ancient Egyptian relics. ~
After this our cruise turned
westward, landingnextat Naples,
,Yhere we went through the Nat
ional Museum, the Aquarium,
and the great Cathedral. Then
we started for the world renOun-
ed city, Rome, where we found
ourselves in the midst OF such
places as St. Pauls and St. Peters
Cathedrals, the greatest in the
world, the Vatican, the Forum,
The Colosseum, the Catacumbs,
the Appiam Way, and the many
other places Of less interest which
help to make it a wonderful and
charming city. We went from
Rome to Pompeii and from there
to our boat at Naples. Ournext
and last stop was at Villilanche,
where we took an automobile ride
on the foothills of the Alps, by
way of Nice and Monte Carlo.
After thisgrand drive, ouratten
,tion turned homeward. Up to this
time the weatherhad been beauti-
full and the sea calm, but from
\ this time on they were to be re-
versed; great storms and waves
did not fail to afford excitement,