The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-31
Richmond Women Finish Tour
Of Europe's Picturesque Spots
Travel Includes Sightseeing Trips in Paris Devastated
Regions London, English Countryside Spain, Quaint
Villages of France, Through Alps, Galleries.

Their rooms in the hotel, she said, had
brick floors. which when they arrived,
the hotel servants we're sprinkling
with water from sprinkling cans.
Visit Cathedral.
After a night at Cordova, the party
visited the cathedral, Alcazar palace,
gardens, and the kings palace at Sc
vile.
Granada, Mrs. Bond said, was our
dream come true The Alhambra,
which is situated on a hill overlook
ing the city, is approached by a drive
way lined by groves of elm trees,
said TO have been planted by the Duke
Of Wellington Nightingales sing in
the groves through which the road
winds, and down the sides of the road
can be heard the continuous trickle OF
water as it gurgles by from the hill
above. From our quarters we could
look down on the back doors of the
city On one side was the Gypsy hill,
wehre the gypsies lived in their dug
outs on the hill side, and down in the
city We could see the Spanish inhabi-
tants working about their places, milk
ing their goats, and washing in the
municipal wash tubs. Even in Paris,
many of the people still do their
washings in the river or in municipal
wash tubs, we found.
Clear Atmosphere.
Three days at the Alhambra were
spent by the party. One of the most
beautiful things there was the clear
atmosphere which made the snow-cov-
cred Sierra Nevada mountains in the
distance look so near that one felt as
/, though they could reach out and touch
them. The lights there are described
as being much like those on our west
ern desert.
The next stop was at Carcassonne
lin southern France. Carcassonne has
two parts, the ''old city" and the mod.
ern city. The part known as the "old
city was built in the fifth century and
the modern" part in the 18th century
The streets are all very narrow but
like other European cities it had its
grand plaza. Vehicles are driven along
the edges of these boulevards and the
people walk in the middle
Mines was visited after Carcassonne
and there they found the ruins of the
Coliseum and other places better thar
those in Rome. In the great coliseum
centuries old, built of huge granite
blocks put together without mortar the
party witnessed modern movie Tar
zan of the Apes" on a moonlight
night.
Outstanding Features.
Outstanding things seen in this par
OF the journey include orchards il
southern France which are planted
around the edges of the fields anc
often frIIit frons fraiyad 70
against buildings. Shrubbery and tree!
in Europe are trained in marvellous
!; ways in Europe, Mrs Bond said. Ii
, one place they visited great lime tree
planted by Napoleon, have been trainet
TO make cathedral, outlining tn,
; nave, transept, chancel and roof
, The limbs of trees are often tacke,
J to laths to make them grow in tn
J direction desired. Another picturesqu
} feature in southern France is a custom
they have of training grape vines s.
that they are draped in festoons fror
: trees around the fields.
In travels in southern France a
we'll as parts of Europe, the road
I were said to be perfect. They ar
: made mostly of stone and along eac
: road symmetrical piles of stone ar
J, al dASeu WHICH are uS6Q Tor repairs
One of the seemingly backward thing
commented upon was the fact tina
e practically all harvesting is yet don
t by hand. The fields are very sma
}. and few farmers have machines.
Il Celebrate Fourth.
Nice, Riviera, and Monte Carlo wer
& visited after Mines by the party and
motor trip was taken along the Cornic
J. road, which is a shelf road up til
e mountain, which was built by Ceasa
d The road has a wall along the ope
e side. The mountains tower up on on
+ side of the road and looking on til
e other one can look down upon Ii
y Mediterranean.
e Short visits were made at the lit
town of Genoa and Pisa after whic
b the party spent week at Rome visi
4. ing all the principal points of intere
10 there.
ID They then visited Assist, the hon
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