4 x F i M ‘ ' i C6 - Wednesday, June 22, 1983 - North Shore News GE travel | i5a/ ORE ON JERSEY a hint o THE HANDICAPPED are welcomed to Jersey. A hotel with special facilities, Maison des Landes, is fully equipped to handle any sort of medical pro- blem even regular dialysis and large groups are regularly hosted there from all over Europe. We passed a number of peaceful fields filled with herds of Jersey cows. What caught my eye was some of the smaller herds - each cow decked out in her own blanket since the day was a bit brisk. The bus driver pointed out two bulls grazing in a field with no sign of animosity. “That big one over there is. called Everard,” he qui pped. “And the reason they get along so well is that it’s his brother with him. His name is Neverard.” Are you ready for the perfect souvenir of Jersey? They grow a type of cabbage that forms a rock-hard stalk and grows to amazing heights. Walking sticks are hand crafted out of these woody stalks. Last a lifetime, so they say. Who else but the Brits ” would turn a carnation farm (cut flowers are a primary in- dustry) into a butterfly farm? Visit it near the Moullier Valley. If you like bike racing, look for it at Sorel Point. There's plenty of picnic tables and BBQs so you can make a day of it. From here you see the beaches of Nor- mandy on a clear day. Caravans (campers to us) aren't allowed on Jersey. Enough for today: Just one word of warning! When you decide to rent a car, beware of the southeast coast of the island. More tourists end up crunching their cars here than in any other spot. oe «@ I MUST PAUSE for a short while in detailing my most recent travels - the mail that piled-up while I was gone has to be attended to. DEAR BARBARA: Our son is going to Japan next month to visit some former neighbors, a Japanese family that returned home. | wanted to give him a legal Travel - wise by Barbara McCreadie document to take along so that the famiy he's staying with can act legally if any emergency should occur. | called a lawyer's office and the receptionist didn't know what I was talking about. ANSWER: I can’t imagine * someone that dense working for a law office! Anyone who has travelled with groups of kids on hockey or other tour- naments knows what you're suggesting. If any child is travelling to a foreign country alone or with someone other than his parents he should have a legal document naming so- meone else to act as guar- dian should immediate need occur. Also, it is wise to have this document translated into the language of the county hell be visiting -an your case, Japanese = just in case the emergency should occur where the per sons in authority cant read English Id shop around by phone until I found a local law firm with someone on staff who can touch all bases - especially the translation angle. With our large Japanese-Canadian popula- tion there must be someone who can phrase a document that will hold water in Japan. Also, check with the Japanese Consulate for any other paperwork that is necessary. Some countries react with suspicion when unaccompanied children (or for that matter, children ac- companied by one parent only) are introduced to the country. It may be necessary for the child to carry notariz- ed permission slips from both parents authorizing travel and accepting respon- sibaity for all expenses in- curred DEAR BARBARA: My friend and | are travelling to Florida next month, flying to Miami and then renting a car to travel around. What is the safest way to take our money with us? Of course we'll be taking travellers’ cheques but we won't be staying in any one hotel for more than a short time and we will have to have our money with us at all times. Can you recommend any alternative? ANSWER: You've got no choice but to travel with your money (travellers’ che- ques} on your person. For heaven's sake don't put them anywhere else except for overnight in the hotel safe. ° Never in you baggage. Make sure you leave at home a_= record of the numbers of each cheque and record the amount and loca- tion of each one spent. Cash only what you'll need at one ime Wherever you go, check with the hotel desk to make sure you're not ventumng in- to a tough area - Flonda has afew! Don't dove at mght if you can help it and don't stop for hitch hikers or stranded cars except to offer through closed windows to phone for help at the next stop Avoid renting a hatchback where bags are in plain view. Don't bring anything valuable with you. Don't leave purses or cameras on the seats of the car even if it's locked. Avoid picnicking in unpopulated areas. Don’t flash money or jewellery in roadside stops. Stay in well- lighted, respectable areas at night and lock your doors with everything available. Consider getting a portable burglar alarm for your room and a screecher to carry in your hand when you walk to restaurants or parking lots at night. Always leave a message with the hotel you're leaving as to where you're going. If you feel silly about it, ex- plain that you've called home from that spot and should any calls come in for you you're going ----. It's a terrible thing to have to take all these precautions but the world isn't the same as it was forty years ago and my gut feeling is that we are less safe in North America than we are in many other countries. Incidentally, you would be wise to carry less cash and a RENO BUSES Special fr. *LO09 api. DISNEYLAND BUS dep. May 20 fr. *279 12 & under RENO AIR 3or 4nites 1 LAS VEGAS AIR HAWAII AIR DISNEYLAND AIR credit card apiece. You may be at the mercy of fluc- tuating exchange rates but if you lose a card all you have to do is phone and canel it. I like plastic money from the angle that the average punk isn't so apt to covet it as he would a roll of dollars. DEAR BARBARA: I read that you'd been away for a lot of gavel - would you mind telling me what areas you covered and that we can look forward to reading about? Fve got a_ selfish reason - we're heading for Europe and a Mediterranean eruise and if there’s something we should know about better hear it from you before we make mistakes. ANSWER: I'll be covering - alas, briefly - London, the Channel Islands, Venice, and Eastern Med. cruise to Greece, Egypt, Isreal, Turkey and Yugoslavia and for return-home_ point, 1 736-3555 Reg. Agent 157-3 Frankfurt. It took us a month to do it - not nearly long enoagh - and it will pro- bably take twice that long to publish the information. WAIKIKI AirOnty *%379 WAIKIKI $479 8 Days, 7 Nights, Air & Hotel LAS VEGAS $285 5 Days, 4 Nights, Air & Hotel RENO $255 5 Days, 4 Nights, Air & Hotel TORONTO $329 Air Only MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL Preparing fora trip? 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