New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
LOCAL TOURISTS
IN SWITZERLAND
Mrs. Dorsey Writes Of Trip to
( Mountain Country

touring through Europe. Mrs. Dor.
sey's letter deals with customs and
mannerism existent in Switzerland
and reads as follows:
August 5, 1927. We left Salzburs
at $40 A NJ. and reached Inns
bruch at 1890. After dinner it rain
ed. The men went to the movies
Elizabeth and l spent the time
writing and then inspected the
! stores. About $50 we met the men
! and went into a store which sold
Seiss glasses. The man was very
rice and knew his business. No one
was able to tell us about paying
duty on what We bought in Austria
He knew. He said we didn't have
/ to pay duty on anything We bought
, in Austria within reason. We were
allowed to take one pair Of glasses
without duty. He had glasses they
make themselves which he recon-
mended highly. David bought pair
for 140 S. 1 bought a pair exactly
! like cut you sent me for sos S. or
/ 1857 which is s2S.4s less than at
| home. Seiss sets the price.
! August 4. At 1920 we left Inns
/ lruch. This train was late in leav-
| ing. The first time that our train
was late In Germany and in AUS
| tria the trains always left on time.
We reached Zurich at P. NJ Ate
dinner on the train. We walked
around. the place then rested by the
lake. It reminded me of Oak Bluffs.
There were lot of people iii SWIM
ming and a number OF boats. They
Tow different than We do. They
stand and have their oars locked.
Their paddles are also different.
They have a paddle on both ends
of the pole and row or paddle from
one side to the other. On our way
back from the lake We met two
young men who were in the COM
partment with Elizabeth and me the
day before We had quite a talk.
They rode from place to place and
spent the day hiking. They were
dressed like all mixers. Short leath-
TT pdHts anu soA. Iii|abe'i ehJoSeu
"a1cnlng tneln eat on lhe Tram.
They took their lunch boxes out of
their kits and opened up. Had @
whole loaf Of bread, a beauty ham,
and another piece of fatty meat
Just cut large pieces OIL ana a'e
as though they enjoyed 1t. One
drank water and the o'hsr hao
cover over MS 1lask 50 we 'nias'heu
he had something stronger thah wa
ter. 1hey came from LINZ Nusl''a'
Ihey must WORK LOT the II. ~ lhes
told US that tAey mad neeh speaking
WIN II. II. nlall III Iuilen anu ne
told them ne ge's 9o' RANT
month He SAID all we se' Is WV .
month or eoo N hion'ns' "ilNIi
is worth ooo francs IN o"''Herianu'
IN othe1 WORDS ." ISIS gels nut.
IN mohth as an austrian III q
months. lie says thes nave 10 save
all yea1 for their vacation lhey
had WONDERFUL teeth ana uallus
color.
ON the way from lh'lspi ueft ~
Iurlch we also mao an interesting
young lad Win US. he Ane" ,ile
names OF the mountains enc ne
told US 10 notice the way the river
flowed, theh we entered the 'ulhei
"hlch TOOK - minutes 10 ~
through then the river flo"ed lhs
other way
In Lurlch We sa" weaving par
ty. The coach was lheo WIN llsll'
color, the coachmeh ofesseu III LIZ,
clothes. and the horses "hlte' IL
surely looked swell
August .. Lett Aur1ch al e'o' A
NJ. and arrived at l-ucefh az ~.
Walked across an Ola covered ofilst
and ate dinner IN Lucern. Lett again
at 2:oo Z. NJ. ana reached Anteflah-
en- at I. NJ. we s'ayea III the
Park Hotel same place MISS llod
stayed. In the evening we "aiheu
around and heafd hothlng out r'ls
lish spoken. Inc stores mere renilhu-
cd me OF OAK Bluffs-only more
stores ana more Naluaoie 'niiiss'
The watches IN particular 'oo.
Elizabeth eye. lhey nave shall
ring watches. we Nehtured lhlo olle
of the stores ana priced lhe "list
watches. \ COCA ''fueil WAUGH .oe'
S3o and SAID that was more tlia'l
| wanted to pay so the c'efN s''o"-'
ed me Some cheaper ones lot sl''
They didn't SUIT tllzaneth so she
didn't care to look az others'
1nterlaken is heauhfully situated
between the mountains. Inc men
could see the sno" capped noun
tains from their room.
August +. AT $50 we started 'o'
our trip up the Jungtrau- IL TOOK
till 1910. The first part OF the "Trip
to Scheidegg cost 1850 ana 1ro1li