- THE ASTUTE TRAVELLER

SCANDINAVIAN “AIRLINES
(SAS) has bargain ski packages to
France, Switzerland, Italy;
Austria, Norway, and Russia,

Ten days in January at the
Tyrolean ski village of Mayrhoten,
for example, goes for US$§99,
Packages include air fare, ac-
commodation, and special’ lift
rates, ; . ,
‘Skiers can also revel in the
slopes of this year’s Winter
Olympics site, Albertville, or ski
the moguls beneath Zermatt’s
renowned Matterhorn.

Flights depart from Seattle;
SAS offers Vancouverites . free
return transportation to Seattle’s
SeaTac airport on Quick Shuttle’s

bus service, or a voucher for seven |

days’ Sree > parking at SeaTac.

For more information call the
SAS. Tour Desk’s toll-free
number: (800)221-a2350.

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Bermuda is now guaranteeing a
warm temperature for your. visit,
or cash if it’s cold. A select group
of hotels — for example, the
Grotto Bay Beach Hotel — will
knock off 20% of the room rate
each day the temperature doesn’t
reach 20° C (Grotto Bay rates are
C$56 a night.)

The Caribbean is noted for its
hot, humid weather but Bermuda,
being a bit further north, is stight-
ly cooler, making it perfect for
golf, tennis, and other sports.

From November through March |

it also offers a cultural festival.
For more information: Bermuda

Department of Tourism, | #1004-

1200 Bay St., Toronto, Ont. MSR
2A5. Tel: (416)923- 9600.
eve .

San Diego’s Maple Leaf

Months, January and February,

mean Canadians get price breaks’

‘on hotels ~ as much as 50% at

San Diego’s Pan Pacific Hotel, for
example -- as well as at restau-
rants, attractions, retail stores, on
services, and from transportation
companies.

The Maple Leaf. brochure lists
187 participating sponsors, and
gives details.

For more information: San
Diego Convention & Visitors
Burea, Dept. MT.M., 824—1200
Third Ave.,.San Diego, . Calif.
92101-4190. Vel: (619)232-3101,

Canadian roads welcoming after snowstorm

From page 27 a
bulances and fire trucks,
Are you with me yet?
_.. + The cabbies have a:system —
. anyone out. by midnight gets a flat
$20 fee. but they really make
money in the wee small hours.
_ The late. ones on the street will
pay almost anything to get back
to. hotels:on the Strip —-. if, in-
deed, a cab is available,
This next isn’t a hint, it’s an
.order.: Do not take a purse or

wallet into downtown .Las Vegas

on ‘New. Year's’ ‘Eve. Keep ‘some

cash: in. your bra. or-an inside

» pocket:

Order #2: ‘Do not leave ‘anything :

valuable in: your, hotel room. but
_use’. the “hotel’s “safety. deposit

boxes. On our flight back, an old °

“North ‘Van acquaintance: ‘moanéd
‘that “she’d . been ‘robbed of ; $200
hidden in her room, =

‘Order’ #3: ' Dress ‘in: ‘walking
shoes. and’ warm. clothes, . The
“street -are littered with trash, the

priced and more mob scene.
Do you really: want to spend

. New Year’s with 200 of yout.
‘favorite strangers?

Or, I’d book a nice dinner from

toom service, watch the zoo ‘on:

TV and enjoy brunch on the Day.

Coming home was a bit of a
trial — the flight landed just fine
in Bellingham but Vancouver was
smothered in snow.

Our car’ was at the Quality Inn
_ and because it was dark we decid-
ed to stay, again, overnight. .

‘We ventured out for ~ dinner,
taking - our cab-driver-from-the-
airport’s
Tampico, a'Mexican restaurant in

-the ‘small mall beside Best's. and-
only a couple - of

Cost-Cutter.:
blocks from the hotel.

It’s simple Mexican food, fresh..

and hot. The bill was about $16

including two drinks. ;

That night, the snowstorm. hit

Bellingham. We slithered out with .

air is cold and. the wind: ‘ean’ be -

“Now, ‘the, suggestion box: If we
{WETE ; tO" ‘repeat: this performance,

I'd bookia simple dinner at a nice
i ‘oom i not..one witha

A ‘comprehensive 22 day tour: oftering
H art, archaeology and leisure with Karin
and George Storey for:$4,090.

Departure May 13 ~ June 3...
F Two orientation meetings: before i

‘Sponsor red by. .
: North Shore Continuing Education
and Vancouver Community College. ’
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OAS TRADETI ON OFF: EXCELLENCE?

recommendation. —.

the advantage of daylight. It was
perfectly awful until.the border
but Canada- welcomed’ us home
with clean roads. :;

But we were exhausted when we
got home. 'I can’t wait to see the
fi tst crocus.

But we have a trip: to look for-
ward to!

Next summer we’ re ‘working out
a plan to go back to Nova Scotia.

Dear friends have’’a ‘daughter:
“picnic in-Salsman Park,

now living in’ Halifax. They'll

drive my. “Van cross:.Canada and

park it in Joanie’ driveway in

-Nova Scotia.

Brian ‘and 1; will: VIA ‘rail. to-
» Halifax, they'll board VIA and
we'll come home on the road.
Nova’ Scotia is::my ‘‘

Toots.”

Both of my parents were Original’
settlers’ offspring, generations go-.
ing back to the 1700s.

Brian has never been there.

-He’s never met most of my rela-

tives — God help him! I’m going
to park him on my great-great
grandmother’s grave and_ initiate
him to eating. teaberries in. the
cemetary, 9.

He’s going to sleep in the old+=
Hudson © family homestead and:

Vl! help - my cousins; cook -
lobster. on the old stove but ° he.
firmly plants a” foot. at eating, it”
with Miracle. Whip.

More on this later-after we get. 8:
_ together with. our friends’ ‘for. :

planning session. ne

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