C6 - Wednesday, July 23, 1982 - North Shore News

ABOVE ALL, KEEP YOUR HUMOR

Mom and daughter ‘doing’ Europe

I really enjoyed the
following letter because the
writer is practically assured
of having a wonderful time.
She’s got the perfect travel
companion — her own
daughter. And, I speak from
experience, having travelled
far and wide both with my
mother and all of my
daughters.

Dear Barbara:

I've enjoyed your travel
articles and saved the ones
on Hawaii. Found them very
helpful. The ones on Europe
sounded nice but never
thought they would apply.
Now I have received ar
invitation I cannot refuse
My 21 year old daughter who

is in England has written to .

suggest that I come and join
her for a month’s holiday
and go hostelling in Europe.

Realizing distances to
travel from London I wonder
how much we can expect to
do. Is a Eurail Pass a good
idea? Maybe we should fly to
Athens and work our way
back. Would we be better
doing an organized tour of
Greece and the islands or
organize this when we arrive
as day trips etc. Perhaps we
should forget Spain and
Portugal and concentrate on
Greece, Italy and Swit-
zerland.

Do you know anything
about hostels? Nancy said
she has met several older
people in hostels in France
and England who really
seemed to be enjoying
themselves. I have joined
the hostel assoc.

What about clothes? How

do you figure out how much’

money per day? Can I take
my curling iron or do I need
an adaptor? What about

MILWAUKEE (UPD - At
least three cases have been
documented involving
people who go into severe
shock if they engage in
strenuous physical activity
immediately after cating
celery, an allergist says.

Jordan Fink, professor of
medicine and chicf of the
allergy section at the
Medical College of
Wisconsin, said he calls the
probiecm “food-dependent
exercise-induced anaphyla-
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One case progressed to a
condition of shock in which
the victim's circulatory
system began to fail and the
stricken celery cater
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From now on I will save

all of your travel articles so I
have a file to check.

by Barbara
McCreadie

Answer:
There are a lot of

questions in your letter and
Ive only limited space but,
here goes.

One month isn’t a great
deal of time to do all the
things you want, especially
by train. Id certainly fly to
Athens and work back from
there. You'll find that
organized tours are great
time-savers but [ve always
had the best results with
short ones, two or three
days, booked on the spot. In
late September, you
shouldn't run into problems
as far as space available.

Another alternative is to
fly as far as Venice and book

A fourth case involved not
just celery, but any kind of
food. “If he had a hamburger
and then went out to mow
the lawn, boom, he was in
shock,” the doctor said.

Fink said the threc with
the celery problem liked
celery and therefore were
more likely to have caten it
before cxercise.

ye eleey

a one-week cruise of the
Greek Islands and
Dubrovnik. Check out Costa
Lines — all agents have the
brochures.

You are wise to forget
about Spain and Portugal on
this trip for several reasons.
First, if you look at a map,
you'll see that the distances
are pretty formidable.
Second, Spanish trains are
the slowest in Europe — not
too bad in the North but
working on the “manana”
system as you get further
south.

By careful planning, you
can get the most out of a
Eurail pass. Pd buy a two-

-week one, allowing myself

just that much time to get
across Europe from perhaps
Venice (going by boat from
Athens to Venice). To give
you some idea of time in-
volved, the train trip from
Genoa to Basel, Switzerland
takes about eight hours.

Another eight hours will
land you in Amsterdam. You
can make as many stops as
you like along the way. My
personal preference is
Holland over Switzerland
but ['m sure to get some
arguments about that!

By all means try the
hostels. They are cheap and
generally clean and you'll
find people of all ages using
them.

You'll want to travel light
— ask anyone who has
lugged baggage on and off
European trains! Deliver me
from back-packs -— bulky,
uncomfortable things.

A small,  soft-sided
suitcase on wheels and a
edium-sized shoulder bag
(purse) will hold everything
you need. If you're com-

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fortable in jeans, wear them
but be sure to pack at least
one decent outfit for the
times when you want to go to
one of the better places.

Above all, pack some
warm clothes. Northern
Europe in October can be
colder than Hitler's smile.
Central heating, if it exists at
all, is rarely turned on before
the end of October, even if
the water in the toilet bowls
has turned to ice. Include a
long flannelette nightgown,
wool socks, a thick sweater
and a warm robe. Ill lay
odds that you'll wear it all to
bed on many nights.

It’s hard to figure costs but
you can get an idea of the
price of hostels from the
Canadian association. In a
modest ‘restaurant you
should get by for $5-$6 for
the tourist menu. Most
places add the service
charge (tip) to the bill so
watch for it and don't tip
twice. Look for working
men’s cafeterias,
delicatessens and snack bars
for cheap lunches.

My system is simple —I
take the money I have,
divide by the number of days
Tll be away and that’s what I
have to live on — including
hotel, food, taxis (more
often buses!) and supplies. If
I run short, I carry a Visa
card. Always have $100 set
aside for emergencies.

Unless your curling iron is
dual voltage, it’s useless in
Europe. In addition, you'll
need a set of adaptor plugs

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readers can shop at Gullivers
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Above all, keep your

sense of humor, especially
when those disasters occur.

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