The Republican journal., 1921-02-10
=. Mills Vacation Trip

son of Rev. and Mrs. George
Cb'iI's # bennington, VT, formerly of
DII' ', .;tes young Belfast friend of
! r.cotion tIlp p,.. one of the hest have
%' In some ways l think l tried
s9 'P' much, but after alp am not
30 wi trotted the globe as did.
Sn ' -, and left Constantinople the
lane bound for Alexandria. Egypt.
g . 81 On the way at the islands of
's'', nb,os tAegean, and Crete and
at-''' .,raa and at Piraeus. Our boat
+, ,., aver to be used as transport
r. reached Athens and we had to
.bst famous city four days for
.1,a ro carry US on. Some friends
''' ,t- Standard Oil live in Athens
l' 80. STAYED with them all the time
r7sr4 ! especially enjoyed the
Il ,as lY moonlight, the Acropolis
.+s most important sight" of
N.lr. was fascinating though not
much SO as Cairo with it's Nile
,..r .-ses. its dirty Arab quarter, it's
.el tasIness streets, and it's natives
,a what look like nightshirts.
c.,.at morning we rode out to tn
Eds rghu IN the heat of the day
@.,ns-a he largest one, not an easy
....rrrsg u. but we simply lad to be
- Then we hired a guide. and
bod gg IN the inside. You can go
',,r., 81. the pyramid on the inside,
..u through passages so low that you
s-..,. bend down and occasionally into
'-.,.rU5rs or places where the ancient
~. are said 10 be buried. The museum,
.+ .Hs best in the world, enjoyed
.- ~.r... $50 also the zoo.
From aura we journeyed on the mill
.-. I'd. -1sa TO jerusalem, crossing the
a.. - at eleven o'clock the first
.,-. .as ruyng in the Holy City the
..,. r.a. We waited over night at
g..r.re because no trains run over the
.,s-- s night on account of the
,.oo sar might be blown over the
rack. lals making it dangerous. Jeru-
s.r. -paset strongly to me because of
3. rsuc8i associations, but l took
Mali. Of file so cal ed sacred places with
.r.r stt. SO to speak. The temple
... ... which there is the Mosque of
.r.r aI DHvet and the Garden are
,s.e. Which 10 not need to be question
. HT Interesting the Church of the
4g e-m he was, though l don't put
-... .r. .r the shrines in it. An In
deny A. secretary showed US all
.s1.s and he didn't skip a place
na.s snow
H.. "- were 10 Jerusalem we fell in
s-... '4Ts Of U. S. destroyer who
4g- s... ,.s.ung the city and we asked
.ar rtt .- To Beirut. 1t was against
..sa.. agreed to take US tn next
-.r.. t.u Ilalfa to Beirut. We went
d. .-. ght and the boat showed off
.---. hour 1t was lots of fun rid
FIJI. geed and we got to Beirut,
su. hours. Beirut was hotter
4. -sr and we did but little there
,arE -al- swimming couple of
Ia rs me Syrian Protestant Col
ase.. s.ually the Y. W. C. A, for a
.s-a naa from home (Who used to
b 20 sltnople) is at the head of
ae rh in Beirut Then from
5-a- vr sailed on an English, steamer
M A5Aau4-s where we changed to
1-" 900 ton ship, which carried
Us .are. lays to Genoa. Our next
a N Importance was Chamonix in
--'.sr D. line French Alps.
..e.- ooled off from Egypt and
iae1le aoa Syria and spent many hours
a714- over the mountains and eros
415 gacgN One day we were lost on a
s-H 14. We found our way back all
'4-. + "as merely question of wrong
''.A .-y tae Way was bit dangerous.
Tabs eal.yed Immensely because of
d" -..'a.O'e streets and stores, its delici-
gus '.'t Is opera, its Louvre and many
y.a 'lH9s aud places. We were in
'-l days and then | left my chum
~. -'l 5uStantinople via Lausanne,
''aa .t. Venice Switzerland was
..'-..- when | passed through it huF-
.'-t Vas IN Venice nearly a week
2-l 4aa lle time
am glad to be back here. The
','. '> easier this year, knowing the
'.l9 My u1Jects are practically the
- ,'.-' 1' -l.7e / taught last year. The
p''''. af6 very kindly and are always
4s 'e. Nngs for US tutors. 1t is the
' -'~. succession of teas, dinners, con-
a' lectures, etc. Dances are fewer.
.,- "he- crowd has come to the other
"i..0 Is not SO pleasant for some
and give MY regards to your father
SjncereIy yourS