C6-Sunday News, October 5, 1980

Readers ask about Visa, Spain and Tengier

Some of the letters I get
from readers set me up for a
day of laughs. Here is one I
got a special chuckle from:

Dear Barbara:
I read with interest your
with Visa over the
hotel im Manhattan

ANSWER: The hotel
requested a credit card “for
identification purposes”.
They took mine, made an
imprint and returned the
card. At the time, I assured
them that we had no in-
tention of using my card to
pay the bill.

When the bill reached
over $75 — which didn’t take
long — the hotel called Visa
to find out just how much I
was good for. I assume that
they told Visa that we were
booked into the hotel for
eight days. Someone
calculated that the bill would

be in the $500 range, so just
to make sure that I wasn’t
about to pull any fast moves,
they processed the charge

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

just as if Id signed the
voucher. Naturally, that
used up my entire limit since
I had some _ outstanding

BEWARE WHAT YOU EAT trom the markeu of Marrakech. Fresh fraits end

vegetables may look colorful and appealing — but the standards of hygiene leave
something to be desired.

Kuz

1

Manufacturers of Reynolds Cabinets

charges from home.

We've often run into the
same policy — that is, take a
credit card and run an
imprint, but it has never
caused a problem before.
That's because the cards we
have used are ones with
bigger credit limits than I
allow myself.

I wonder what would have
happened if we didn’t have
credit cards? Ever try to rent
a car without one?

P.S. I appreciated the “X
X S’s” at the end of your
letter.

oe

Another reader wants
some information on
clothing for Spain and
Portugal in November. Ive
been there in March which
should work out to about the
same thing. We found days
to be in the 60 (F) range and
while the sun was shining,
we appreciated blazers or
raincoats. Evenings are cool
and you'll need a sweater
over your dress in many
lounges and_ restaurants.
Doors and windows are apt

to be open and it gets drafty,

Kitoh
Crap

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especially near the ocean.

Central heating ain't. If
you run into a cold snap or
rainy spell, a _ fiannel
nightgown with long sleeves
may become your best
friend. You should see my
Mom dolled up im hers,
complete with a sweater and
bed socks!

Both Spain and Portugal
can be very dusty so stick to
dark colors, preferably in
tweedy mixes. Laundry
services are excellent and
cheap.

eee

The same reader enquired
abouba visit to Tangier for a
day. Go, by all means, but
for a group of women, I'd
recommend a guided tour.
The hydrofoil from
Algeciras costs a bit more
than the ferry but is faster
and far more comfortable,
somewhat resembling the

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interior of a jet plane.

Wear heavy-duty walking
shoes because the groups
move at quite a clip. Anyone
who cannot move fast weuld
be advised to skip the trip.
Don't even consider going if
you are confined to a
wheelchair. The streets are
narrow, rough and hilly.
Where there is traffic, it goes
like the “milltails of hell”
ignoring traffic signals.

There are also two and
three day tours which will
take you by bus to
Casablanca, Rabat (the
capital) and Marrakech. If
you decide to take one of
these:

Be extremely careful of
your valuables, especially at
night.

Watch what you eat and
drink. The standards of
hygiene aren't quite up to
ours Be sure that
everything is fully cooked

Gold chain rip off

NEW YORK (UPD —
New York's newest breed of
criminals prowl the subways
and shopping. districts,
sneakers on their feet and
their eyes on women’s necks.

They are chain snatchers.
and police say they make up
to $500 a week stealing gold
necklaces and selling them
to eager fences.

The thieves — some as
young as 13 — stole 1,300
gold necklaces in July and
August alone.

Police Inspector Edward
Cappello says some of the
chain smatchers have
become so brazen they rip
off necklaces even as police
are in puruit.

Cappello told how a
nimble chain  snatcher
reached into the window of a
42nd Street crosstown bus,
stalled in traffic, and swiped

a passenger's $1,600
necklace.
The increase im _ chain

snatching is
decline soon,

expected to
as women
wear heavier

begin to

clothing .
“We want to stop this
crime before the cold

weather stops it, so it won't
— hke bulbs planted in the
ground — flower again in the

spring,” said Police Com-
missioner Robert J.
McGuire.

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Phone 984-9741

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KITCHENS

you freeze your credit card in the fridge?

and HOT.

Avoid ice, raw vegetables
and fruits (unless you peel
them yourself), I didn’t
much care for the smell of

‘the butter, cheese or eggs.

If I were going again, for
any length of time, Id
seriously consider bringing
Some crackers and cheese
with me from Spain and
turning down anything that
looked or smelled Peculiar.

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