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country but there are f1ocks of
American civilians in such spots
as Frankfurt, Weisbaden and Hell
delberg. If you get to the latter
old university city. have lunch at
the Schloss Hotel, high on the
bank of the River Neckar. There
a German orchestra plays all the
music that the Student Prince
has been singing for years.
A military permit is necessary
to 60 to Berlin but there is
plenty of air transport available
in and out of Frankfurt if you
want to get close to the iron cur
tain. In Berlin itself there are
still blocks and acres and miles
of rubble but the American and
British sectors haye made quite
a comeback and a recent German
Trade Fair provided an impress
sive display of all the light and
heavy goods which are once more
being produced in the former capt.
tai city.
There are no barriers to walking
into the Russian sector, but there
is less to see, nothing to buy and
a more haunting look on the faces
of the people. Actually, it is not
recommended.
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The Real Paradise - SWitzer-
land is a real tourists paradise
-hospitable hotels, fine food
lovely lakes, magnificent noun
tains and on-time trains. Our
party. mostly newspapermen
sampled Zurich, Lucerne. Bern
and Geneva. Each one as attrac-
tive as the other, each with its
own lake and its own private
mountain lures.
The Swiss like the dollars but
their own francs are the hardest
and best in Europe. Prices are
not out Of line with what you
pay for comparable luxury living
in the United States. Shopping
is good-cameras, silks, jewelry
and, Of course, watches. Even il
you have a watch it is a good in
vestment to buy another in Switz-
erland.
Zurich and Geneva have each
recently completed excellent new
intercontinental airports and the
rivalry is so intense that TWA di-
vides It's through schedule be-
tween the two cities.
Zurich is probably the wealth
lest city in the world on a pei
capita average with its tremen-
dous resources of foreign anc
local capital and its clearing
house function for much of the
world. Even the trees grow
neatly in the countryside of Swift
zerland and train or automobile
travel between the various cities il
the best way to flavor the charm
of the country.
Visiting Athens is like going tt
the Middle East or to Asia Minor
Close by the Mediterranean, the
historic city is more Oriental thar
Occidental in its appearance anc
its way of life. The sidewalk cof
fee shops are full by midmorning
deserted for afternoon siests
time and filed again for late aft
ernoon and evening. The money
seems funny -. when you get it ir
such large quantities and
there is not much to buy, but the
sunshine is of that superior Medi-
terranean quality and time is not
too important. The King George
and the Grand Bretagne are the
favored hotels in Athens, but don't
expect too much. Prepare instead
to get your fullest enjoyment from
the Acropolis and its Parthenon
the Temple of Jupiter and the
other monuments to the glory that
was Greece.
It is nice. too, if you can ar
range it, to be received by Kine
Paul and his sunshine-gay Queer
Frederick, both of whom tall
English better than most visiting
American newspapermen and wht
have particular ambition to visi
the United States for a tour O.
the national parks.
X X
Rome Versus Paris Rome
which has always crowded Pari
for the title of Europe's most i'm.
pressive city, has had a thorough
going-over by Americans in thi
Holy Year but Italian hospitalit,
never wears out. Everything il
Rome is really big league. Thy