The Sidney herald., 1960-10-12

gardens; NeWStead ABBEY, ByrOn'S
ancestral home and Lincoln. In
cluded was Peterborough with its
18th century cathedral notable for
its west front and painted nave
ceiling, TO the f~ortreSs-like ca
thedral of Ely, and to Cambridge.
A highlight was the Cam River
and Holy Sepulchre, one of Eng
lands few remaining round
Crusader Churches; Luton Hoo
with its superb art treasurers
including medieval worries. Cob
elm and Beauvais Tapestries.
Titan, Rubens, and Rem
brandt and Frans Halls canvasses.
Ten days were spent in London
at a Seminar at Bedford College.
These were full and busy days.
Every minute was filled with
theater, dinners, receptions-where
teachers, doctors, lawyers, business
men, university personnel, layman
met and discussed the many things
of importance in their various
fields which are Of interest to a
Study Group such as this one.
These meetings and discussions
were Of rare value in creating
understanding of mutual problems
and topics of interest to Americans
and Britains. There was just a
sip" of the many things which
that great and historic city, Lon
don, has to offer,-London's his
toric sites and houses with i'm
portant literary associations; the
British Museum, National Gallery,
Tate Gallery, Greenwich, the Mar
thine Museum in the Queens
House built by lingo Jones, and
the Naval College in the palace in
which Henry VIII and his daugh-
tiers Elizabeth and Mary were
born; Knoll House and Canter-
bury; Henry Wits Tudor Palace
| at Hampton Court; Windsor Cas-
| tie; The Tower of London, and a
, boat trip down the busy Thames
River. Time was spent in the
+. south and west of England-Salis-
I bury, the Melchester of Thomas
Hardy's novels; the famous "White
horse" on the hillside, the mega
liths of Stonehenge, and the pre-
5 historic fort of Maiden Castle;
from Dartmoor, by way of Two
Bridges and TaviStock and along
, the Cornish Coast to Penzance,
E often called the Riviera of Eng
land. Then the quaint fishing viii
: lage of Clovelly was included
E along with King Arthur'S Castle al
? Tintagel, across the lovely Exmoor
| forest with Coleridge and Words
= worth's cottage at Neither Stowey
' as a point of interest, to Bath with
7 its historic Roman baths and pump
! room; Longleat House at Frome
to the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey
Il to Wells with its pre-conqueS
cathedral, almshouses, and anc'
: lent Grammar School.
Mrs. Page says: "There are tot
many things to include in an &C
n count like this. You can imagin,
not too much of England wa
omitted when l tell you that w,
drove more than 1000 miles BY
70 motor coach and we travelled SOL
miles by plane = in addition
v wore out completely a pair o
: shoes. Let me tell you I neve
walked so much in my life"
Five weeks we're spent on tn,
Continent of Europe. The high
lights were Paris for a week, Yer
Sailles, and surrounding country
side by motor coach; Geneva
Switzerland = fifty minutes by je
from Paris. Here there was a visi
to the United Nations, Calvin
Cathedral, the house where Vol
taire wrote CANDLE; by coac.
through the lovely Swiss Alps
the mountain roads absolutel
breathtaking with their sharp an
numerous narrow SwitchbackS
Rhone Valley and the Rhon
Glacier and over the Susten Pas
and the Brunig Pass to Lucern
with a leisurely day on the shore
of the lovely Lake of the Fou
Cantons, and a yodeling concert
night: across the Albis Pass
Zurich and from there a jet fligf
to Munich. Here they enjoyed til
Nymphenburg Palace with its POI
celain factories. two of Europe
richest art galleries, Pinakothe
and G~lyptothek, Ludwig's Palac
Rocco church, and the openir
\ night at the Munich Summer Syn
y phony. More than 1870 of the eli
of Munich was destroyed in tt
war. There were many bomb sea-
still visible and the ruins were
evidence. There was a great de
of building and the modern builC
ings along side the old ones was
real contrast. Vienna, only q
miles from the iron curtain, w;
a beautiful city despite the ia
it is still recovering from Il
ravishes of the war. There we,
hundreds of refugees standing
line waiting for a share of bres
and sausage. The Viennese a
doing much for these tragic Peep
who come to the city by the hu,
dreds every night. They met al
talked with the refugees in Il
barracks where they are house
The highlight in this area w
the wonderful Passion Play
Oberammergau. There were Syr
phonic concerts under the sta
' in Vienna, ~operetta, and theatt
There was even a visit to the a
cient beer hall where Hitler h
his first meetings in Munich.
addition there were days spent
lectures and seminars at the III
versity in Munich and in Vienr
Another jet flight took them