HOW DO you keep up

with the news from

home when you're far —

away? With = great
difficulty. Ever. tried

searching through the.

Los Angeles times for
even a one-liner about
B.C.? .We'd have. to

declare ‘war. on Japan —

before we'd hit the
second page.

In most major cities
around the world there is an
English-Language fhewspa-
per. Don’t expect much by
way of news: from Canada

derstanding t the conditions i in,
the country you are“ visiting -

American orientated since
the largest portion of the

English-speaking - foreign |
population is from either | °

country.
You may have some luck

by calling’ the Canadian —

consulate ”- if you can’ find
anyone home. Remember
that most of the. staff, isn't
Canadian, only the Officials
and they have better things
to do than to sit around
waiting for you to call.
‘Besides, most of‘ “those”

come from Toronto and
Montreal-and would be hard
pressed :'to: ‘spell Vancouver,

let-alone“keeping track of

the news.

Another . method that

sometimes. works i is totake a, _s \
bus out to the’ airport atthe ~

time a Canadian flight. is
arriving. With ‘outrageous
luck; you: may find someone
with a copy of the’ local
paper stuffed under his.arm.:
A fellow I ‘know told me that

he’ .got: SO. hungry .for_ the.’
local news that he went to

the airport and approached a

stewardess: from a. Canadian

airline.

She couldn’ t ‘reboard the

plane to get the morning
’ paper but promised him that
she'd be back in a week and
would bring him a paper if
he could come to the air-
port. He did and she did and
for nearly a year he met the
flight once a week. for his
newspaper.

Organizer

away, FT

a

and Bics to flick, all with the
leaf; They.-hand them out in
lieu of tipping and in many
places it seems to work. I've
seen barefoot urchins on the
streets of Rio lighting their
butts with Canadian Bics. °
Naturally, all travellers
are souvenir’ hunters too.

' Some lean towards giant

replicas of the Tower of Pisa
while: -others look’ for ‘small
items such as match boxes.
Beware of. carrying foreign-
made. wooden matches in
your baggage or purse.
Some, perhaps most, aren’t
“safety” matches and can
ignite with a hard thump on
the box.

Tlearned about this when I
was. frisked at the airport in

[cCreadie

| wish I could train my
family properly. When I'm
“phone ‘home every
week. Each time, I ask,
“What's going on at home?”
All they can tell me is that its
rained for eight days, the cat
is visiting the vet and Dad
got boiled on Saturday night.

I'd appreciate not hearing.
about that .sort of “local
news” until I get, home! I've

Canada? Not.
my. . “The: washing
machine packed-in,”
Scoop for the week.
‘Aside from longing for.

news from-home, have you

ever noticed how eagerly

you.. greet. .another.- traveler
from home? It's'the: only use
I can see for those campy

. little maple leaf pins, The
foreigners don't give'a.damn —
where you come from “as”

Jong .as. you tip well but to.
find a compatriot in the

casbah is a treat: Don’t be’

taken”. in, . though. Not
everyone’ you see ‘branded
with the maple leaf is a
Canadian. Many . people.
bring basketsfull of
souvenir items'- pins, pens

Folds into any sultcase or

fits any garment bag.

Your personal valet comes
complete with 4 handy zip-

pockets in front for
your clean clothing and 2 ex-

tra large

pockets for your

zippered rear
solled

’ things. Conventently stores
such items as underwear, |
shirts, ties, scarves, Socks,
hosiery, ete. dust right for
the neat traveller! A perfect

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begged. them: S keep notes

‘4s the,

boxes of souvenir matches,
bought at the - London
Dungeon. “Can't let you take
those aboard, luv,” said the
guard. “Best give them to
me!” I did, but kept one
empty box.

Even today, with the price
of silver sky-high,. the best

souvenirs for kids and
friends are charms _ for
bracelets or chains. They
don't cost all that much, are
easily packed and don’t
explode.

Not so easy to carry but
valuable are wood carvings

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per packane, Covers Wise.

and small” carved music
boxes. It astounded me that
the current. Eaton’s
Christmas catalogue shows
carved jewel boxes from
Sorrento for $85. Each of my
kids has one that I bought
there a few years ago for

around $8: If that's the value.

of a little box, what must the
tables: we bought there be
worth today? °

Each country has it’s prize
soiuveniers. Spain gave us
lovely “Lladro” porcelain for
a thrifd of the price you'll

_ pay. at Birks. The weaving.

done in Mejas is superb and
I'm still wearing the poncho

I bought a decade ‘ago. ne
If” you’re™ buying”
souveniers: “

-relieved-of four —---—-Is_it-safe?-Some_of-the
seed necklaces from the:

tropics contain poisonous
seeds and can be deadly for a
person to chew. Also
remember the matches.

- Is it legal? Some
countries sell items made
from skins or bones of en-

dangered. species.. Canada _|

Customs will relieve you of
the beastie faster than you
-can say “alligator”.

~ Can you carry it?

- Will the airline accept it?
Is it too big for hand baggage
and to fragile for cargo?

- Will you hate it in two

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- Is it worth the price?
Those solid brass candle-
sticks may be on sale in
Gastown for ten bucks.

- Can you afford it? Visa is
nice but a bill for $200 when
you arrive home isn’t so
nice. Especially when you
broke the damn thing in
transit.

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