Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-12-26

I thedral II was beautiful view We
l got from thsre. The building itself y
! magnificient piece o. craftsmanship.
Private Bond here tells Of meeting
two Serbian soldiers who had lived in
the United States and they accompa-
MED them through some Of the inter-
esting streets Of the city. He told Of
passing through streets but five or
six feet wide, crowded with dirty
children and dogs and filled with peo-
Pile Of all nationalities.
From this town the boys took a
train for Nice and arrived there safe
lily. They started to look over the city
and Bond writes:
Oh, what sight! Warm sunshine,
flowers everywhere, and palm trees
along the street. We walked along
the street to the ocean and beach, and
then caught car back to dinner.
After supper and sleep the boys
boarded train and went to Monaco
to see Monte Carlo. We joined a
party, having guide, to Monte Car
10. It cost us 16 france. This party
consisted of twenty-eight persons.
This was one 16 francs TN never be-
we started for Monaco, a two hours
ride. This was where I saw my first
real mountains, so high the clouds
covered the tops of them.
We Travelled along the coast all the
way down, and it was some sight for
me. The first sight was the De Paris
hotel. It was the Monte Carlo gam
blers hotel. Next came the Casino.
We saw the gambling rooms, sporting
room and numerous other rooms in
Guiding large concert room, which
seated 800 people, and a room for the
millionaires to gamble in. Mirrors of
all sizes, and the best paintings in the
world. They play only two games. The
two that were never known to be beat,
only by the owner. They are roulette
and bacarat. The last being card
game, and guess / won't have to ex-
plain roulette.
Next came the museum. The man
who owns this is the Prince Of Monaco
1t consists mostly Of an assortment
of fish. / have heard Of the horsefish
but never believed there was such
fish, there was the proof to me that
there was. This museum is built on
a mountain of rock and projects out
over the ocean. The guide took us in
at one side Of the building, where the
floor was made Of thick glass and
You could see the waves from the
ocean coming in. 1t was most Pc
culiar sight We then went to
French home for dinner. The French
people believe in serving in courses
with cheese as the last course. Well.
it went down but it came near coming
up the same way. After dinner we.
looked around the town awhile and
then decided to take our trip to Mem
ton, which was a half hours ride with
real horses and omnibuses. It was the,
first ride behind horses since the
day enlisted (Dec. IL. 1910 SOL
you see it was quite a treat for me-
They had to whip their horses more
than would have Patsy. We got to
the Italian border. There the guide
said we could go no farther, as we
were not allowed to cross the border.
He gave us one-half hours time here
to get postafs and send them with
Monaco stamps on. From here we
started back to Mention, where we
were to catch train straight through
to Nice. It was one hours ride to Nice
and we got there in time for supper.
The next time we got our breakfast !
for the last time in Nice. They also
fixed us lunch. We got into Mar !
settles at 4 p. m. Got nice room at /!
a hotel. We then started down town
and saw crowd in the street, so, Of
course, we headed that way too. 1t
was bulletin that Austria was to
sign peace terms at o.. m. Every
body was crazy and so were we. We
were to start at noon the next day for
Paris. We had talked Of stopping at |
Avagnon again and looking over the
Roman ruins. We sure hated to leave
such o climate and country we were
in. 1t sure was the garden of the |
world" The next morning we again
packed our junk and started for our
train. The train stopped at Lyon two
hours. We got suppeA there about
p. m. and as we had an early dinner,
you can imagine about how hungry
Lloydie was. We ate enough for two
dozen men, and then started on our
journey up the line, reaching Paris at
7:45 a. m. Found an M. p, who gave
us till 8:O5 that night in Paris, thai
being the time our train left for 81.
Nazaire. Immediately after breakfastl
we got on the Rue De Italia, the MANI
business street in Paris. where we did
our shopping for all you folks.
Left Paris at 8:15 p. m. for ST.
Nazaire. Soon were sound asleep,
waking up about thirtyrfive miles
from st. Nazaire the next morning
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