The independent-reporter., 1924-09-25
Interesting European Trip of Mr.. and
Mrs. {. T. Church

Friends in Somerset County of Mr..
and Mrs. c. f. Church, now of Brattle-
boro. Vt. will be interested in read
/ the following description of their re-
cent European trip. clipped from a
/ Vermont paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Church of the
Princess apartments. Brattleboro, who
recently returned from their Euro
pean trip, report a very interesting
journey which included visits TO Eng
i land France, Belgium and Hollad
! They sailed from Montreal on the s.
/ S. Regina of the White Star Dominion
/ line, and after a pleasant trip of three
days on the scenic st. Lawrence and
/ five days on the ocean they landed at
Liverpool
They went direct from Liverpool to
/ bennington Spa, one Of the principal
health and pleasure resorts of Eng
land whose neighborhood is describ-
ed by Washington Irving in Our Old
House From there they enjoyed
motor trips through the Shakespeare
country, visiting Kenilworth, the fin
est ruins in England. the famous War
wick castle, also Stratford-o Avon,
the home of Ann Hathaway, who later
was Shakespeare wife. and the lead
ing universities of Oxford.
While in London they inspected all
the principal objects of interest, in
Guiding Westminster Abbey, St Paul S
cathedral, London Tower, where the
were shown the famous crown jewels.
visited Tate and National galleries,
British and London museums, and the
ri VI
being held there.
Their tour in Belgium included its
principal cities They enjoyed the
stay at Ostend, Belgium. very much.
From there they drove out through
the battlefelds of Ypres, where there
was great fighting at the beginning of
the World war, visited the dugouts
and trenches, also British, French and
Belgian cemeteries, which are. beautiI
fully cared for. They also saw
many German cemeteries, all graves,
marked with black crosses. The
Belgian capital is noted for its splen-
did boulevards, royal mansions and
the Hotel de Vile
At Brussels they visited the cathe-
dral and the Palace of Justice, the
largest and finest court in the world.
At Zeebrugge they paid visit to the
submarine base and other places of
interest in the neighborhood.
They were also much pleased with
their visit to Holland, which happen
ed to be on a market day in nearly
all towns The farmers were all in
selling their produce. They wear
the native costume, wooden shoes and
the great white head-dress.
In France they visited the great
battlefield front, including the Amer
ican sector, centering at Chateau
Thierry, where they inspected the
American cemeteries. also American
monuments which have been erected
in honor of the heroic dead of the
A. E. F. At Versailles they saw the
grand and Petite Trianon, historic
places and Hall of Mirrors, where the
treaty was signed in 1919
Their stay in France gave them a
chance to study historic places and
get some idea of the fascinating cap
ital in some respects the most re-
markable in the world. The Olympic
contests were also at their height, and
while there they saw the on-coming
of the American air fleet that was cir
cling the globe, as 1t was escorted
over the city by fleet of Frances air
craft.
1t was a pleasure to them, of course,
that the United States won so many
points in the Olmpic games, and they
were proud of the fact that Old Glory
was so often floating at the mast head
There were many college men in the
party and the college Tour" was
voted a great success both as Il
pleasure trip and an educational tour
They sailed from Liverpool to Mont
real on the S. S. Dorie, sister ship
of the Regina.