Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-03-22
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to sailing for Liverpool, Eng
land, on tour to most of the
interesting places of Europe.
Mr.. Sam Robson, London at
torney and grand travelling
companion, will go along on
the sixty-day trip which prom
ises to be most interesting
from every standpoint.
Sailing on the Empress of
Scotland" from pier 95, New
York, next Saturday morning,
the trip will take us to Liver
pool and thence to London
We will then fly to Madrid in
sunny Spain. From Madrid we
will go to Toledo and Barcel-
ona and thence to Rome by
air. Spain promises to be per-
haps the most interesting of
all the countries we will visit
and has but recently been
opened up as a tourist attract
ion.
Headquartering in Rome,
we will see Sorrento, the Isle
of Capri and many other in
teresting places. Leaving Rome
we will go to Florence, Milan
and Venice plus other side
trips to famous places.
From Venice, we will trav-
ell through Switzerland with a
two-day stop at Lausanne be-
fore proceeding to Germany =
Freiburg, Wiesbaden, Frank
furt, Heidelberg and several
other historical and picture
esque spots.
On through Holland and
Belgium and then to Paris for
a week. A thorough check will
be made on food and fascina-
ton in that wondrous and ex-
citing city. april in Paris.
Completing the continental
portion of the journey we will
boat to London for a week
then go by rail to Scotland.
With headquarters at Edin-
burgh, a few days will be
spent rubber-necking in the
land of Sir Walter Scott and
the stag at eve. Our journey
will end at Montreal, Canada,
to which place we will return
the latter part of May.
All in all, we are thrilled
and humbled at the prospect
of such a trip which is the
fulfillment of a dream we've
cherished a great many years.
We do not go with the view
of the travel-hardened CORES
pondent but rather as just a
small-towner mighty glad to
be there - and with an eye
to custom and history rather
than politics.
It is our plan to continue
this column throughout the
trip and we will report what
we do and see between the
hours of 8 to 5 each day. Tin
some cases, we may even re-
port a little of what we do at
nights after we get our laun-
dry done! At any rate, we
hope that you will enjoy read
ing what we have to impart
and that you can enjoy our
trip from your armchair. Vic
ariousness is a fine art when
properly practiced!
Oh yes, politics! We said
that politics would be of Sec
ondary interest but this is
not altogether accurate. We
swill meet some of the famous
during the tour and will try
to report on their views ac-
cording to what word they
pass down. We promise, how
ever, not to imply that we
know all about the European
situation merely by visiting
there such a short time. You
remember the old saying that
ian expert is just guy away
from home? Well, it won't
happen here.
passport, medical data, tick
cts, reservations, itinerary,
travellers checks, socks, shoes
have we forgotten any
thing? Oh we'll, we'll know for
sure as soon as the boat sailsD
Let's see now. goose barn
acles, snails, squid, eels and
octopus! My, oh, my! Better
pack some bicarbonate and
don't forget the stomach pump
either. We intend to try them
all and will give you a bed
side report on the effects.
Incidentally, we have bought
so much nylon, dacron and
orion that we can hardly keep
our "pantson". We fairly slith-
er along and we generate so
much static electricity that the
sparks just fly. Surely, our
eyes will light up at every
sight.
So there you have it. Our
first column will arrive from
London as soon as we arrive,
thus you will miss us 1--WE
hope) for a few issues. We will
make every effort to amuse
and inform so bear with us!