Gunnison news-champion., 1922-11-03

but ho told Us we should 20 night
through tn Amsterdam 20 gyt setticd
- q hotel SIS II would BE- Iucunvcnieut
topping with baggage We could
20 back from Amsterdam. Bat now,
"e find 10 ls quite q trip back and We
rUIy have tru d&ys 90 see Etcriam,
ay think We will have 20 spend the time
rean. I'd like 70 20 there and to
ShovciHuger Beach, because have
heard you talk 20 much 9f IL, but we
have 90 be In ObcTammeggau this Sat
Irday, 80 can't take long here.
Isn't that a marvellous bridge the
other side Of ROttcUium2 II takes five
minutes TO cross Il on the train.
We are going over 10 see Hotel Am
stel when we go 10 the Gallery to-
morrow, and I'll tell you how il looks
now. We would have stayed there
only that II was quite n ways out
from the station, and We have too
much baggage 20 get on q street car
with IL, and while we could taxi very
reasonably in Brussels, they told Us
It is very expensive in Holland-in
fact everything is much more expen-
siye than in Belgium. The Victoria
Is just across from the station, so
very convenient. The price is the
same, they say, as the Amstel. We
have To pay 10 gulden or norins day
for room and breakfast, and a gulden
is about i0c. We have lovely room,
twin beds ttall over the continent are
twin bcdst hot and cold water 1.-TWO
Sets }, two stands, table, long win
dows with lovely hangings, and even
a couch with pillows. We ate here
last night, as they charge more II you
do not eat in the hotel, but tonight we
went to an American tea room and are
going to trust to luck that they will
not know il. 1t is cheaper outside We
had a lovely meal al this American
place-made TO look like n nook in
the woods-imitation stones and mir
rors in the walls and palms all around.
They speak English--in fact more
people do here than in Belgium. The
orchestra played WAY Down in Ala
bama' and other American songs, un-
I'll We nearly died, And here we have
only been here week!
People look more different to US
here than they did in Belgium. Ey-
cry one promenades as they did there.
There are very few automobiles, so
everyone walks in the middle of the
street cant understand them at all 1
as it is neither French or German
just as you said.
Now, must tell you about our trip
today. 1t mas most interesting, ex-
cepting for the fact that it rained
so sort of spoiled it. We went to the /
Isle of Marken by boat. First we
went up the canal (about SO to 100
feet wide from Amsterdam, leaving I
here about 1890. We went into a
lock and dropped four feet to go on {
INTO the canal. We stopped at Brock
in Waterland first, and the whole par
y tabout twenty of us) went with the
guide to dairy farm. 1t was all in
one house, and was spotlessly clean.
The house and barn were in one
building, but the cows are not brought /
inside until Nov. 1st. We saw the /
stalls where they are kept all winter,
and the cheese press where they salt
he cheese, etc. They had some in !
he making at the time. The women
and children were in native costume.
The little winding streets and odd /
houses were interesting-mauy have
roofs, but most of them are
brick with tiled roofs. They served
l buffet dinner on the boat at noon,
,ut We ate a sandwich and chocolate
iown in the cabin as It was raining.
Our next stop was at Volendam,
md here it rained quite hard, but We
got out and walked ways through
he town to one old lady's house (she
vas S5 years old.) The whole house
S one room, and the beds are in the
wall with doors opening into the room I
rom the level Of the bed. They cook
over an open fireplace. The boys
costumes were of black velvet, long
very full, gathered at the
waist.
All Of this place is Roman Catholic.
We were in the North Sea here and
Nd to 60 through two locks to b
.aised to tht level Of il We crossed Y
hen to the Isle Of Marken. Here II
ras pouring, 50 tie people were in
Ioors md We didn't gat 70 - - many
4 them. We had my umbrella, and H
me that :. delightful Englishman gave
D which he wasn't using, - ws got
lroupA We went into couple Of II
'cthes and they showed rs thsir we'd