14 - Sunday, May 11, 1986 - North Shore News

Travel

Avoid U.S.S.R. holiday

From Paga 13

ditional hassle of getting bikes out
of baggage cars and onto other
baggage cars.

My first rule of travel is simple.
- Never make any commitments for
either the day you arrive or for the
day you must catch your flight
home.

The day you arrive is for getting
your act together. The day you
Icave you should spend the night as
near to the airport.as you can —

consider $1,000 or more for a bike
in their line of duty.

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Another problem concerning
every traveller to Europe just now
is the radiation related to Russia’s
little blunder.

I called the federal Health Pro-
tection branch and was told that
anyone planning to travel to
regions directly affected should

Travellers to other parts of
Europe are advised to call their
consulates regularly to monitor the
situation. Those especially at risk
are pregnant women and children
under 16.

The risk is diminishing daily, but
there is always a possibility of fur-
ther accidents,

In countries where you cannot
Speak the language it’s hard to
keep up with current events. Make
a habit of discussing the news with

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change their plans. someone who can read the papers.

none oF this chasing - across the
countryside | with’ “your fi ingers
crossed, An airplane, like time,
waits for no one.

Another. piece of foresight that
might have eased these travellers’
minds would have been to have a
firm plan as to how to get in touch
with their friends should anything
out of the ordinary occur,

As it was, they did the best
possible thing — call home. Still,
they had many hours of worry un-
til the message. got relayed.
"Just: imagine five worried
mothers ‘sitting -by their phones
with their fingers crossed.

But, the one saving grace in the
whole mix-up was the Visa card.
Can you imagine the problems that

‘ would have beset them had the
bike never appeared and they
couldn’t buy another?

Even if their families could have ~
rounded-up enough cash, sending
money from Canada to a foreign

* country can take days. The, Cana- '
dian Consulate, can ‘advance small
amounts of ‘cash for emergencies,
but. I. I somehow doubt that they'd

much as the kids will!” _
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be™ highly -. “enjoyable. vas. well: as
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gtavation... .

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successful vacations with your off-
spring: pre-planning and. common ;
sense,

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round-table discussions, and joint
plotting of the itinerary. After all,
anticipation is half the fun.

With your. children, learn a little
of the language ‘of the country you
plan to visit (perhaps with a simple
phrase book). Not only will this be,
helpful when you get there, it will, / :
again," ghten your . children’s het ; S
sense of anticipation and add fur- :
ther.to their interest in the trip.

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family at every stage of the plann-
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look forward to —‘and make the ;
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