C4 - Wednesday, December 24, 1980 - North Shore News

Fly now - the price can only go higher

And cigarettes do cost $3 a pack in Europe

trayel-
wise

Many readers have been
asking lately, “Should I
cancel my visit to the Middie
East?”

It isn’t looking good.

_ T'd go — but only if I were
going by myself— no family
to worry about. It would be
just about the last place I'd
plan for Brian and me to
visit, leaving the kids
behind, unless we truly
wanted them to be raised by
their legal guardians.

The situation is so ex-
plosive that I'd want to be
sure that one of us stayed
back to raise the family and
the one who went had a cur-
rent will.

I've had some very dis-
quietening reports lately on
the effectiveness of our con-
sular services overseas. The
only personal experience
I've had is in Argentina —
when I found the consul
unreachable and the dame
who was running the swit-

chboard barely able to speak
“Englesshe”. I gave up and
solved the problem myself -

DEAR BARBARA: We
wanted to go to England next
year - 1982 - as we have been
saving quite a while for this
trip. My husband thinks that
with the recent price in-
creases everywhere that we
should go as soon as
possible. I hate to go in debt
but if it's necessary we will
do so. Opinion please.

ANSWER: How much would
you have to borrow to go this
spring? I don't like the look
of current reports from
airlines. The fares are up ap-
proximately 24 per cent but
the operating costs are up in
the 27 per cent range. What
puzzles me is that every air-
craft I've flown this year is
nearly full. The airlines
scream that they must have
an 8) per cent load to make

by Barbara
McCreadie

the flights profitable and that
may be true. My bet is that

the airfares will jump 20 per
cent within a year.

Britain is so bogged down
in the current inflation that
their prices can't do anything
but jump. The time will
come when any traveller,
anywhere, wil] have to pay
an Outrageous price.

Someone, somewhere, is
making a killing. It makes
me sick but | haven't any
choice other than “stay
home” which boggles the
mind of a gypsy like me.

If you can borrow the
money at a fixed rate, I'd
hustle over now. By next
year you might be unable to.

DEAR BARBARA: Can you
rcommend any books that
we might buy to facilitate

our forthcoming visit to
Europe?
ANSWER: Not one! Use the

hbrary — your tax dollars go
to support it. If you see a

publication that you want to
read fill in a library request
form and you'll get it.

The only travel books I'vé
ever bought — Arthur From-
mer’s guides to cheap tavel,
are outdated within a few
months. Photocopy or hand
copy any pages that you
think might be of help.

DEAR BARBARA: Are

cigarettes really $3 a
package in Europe?
ANSWER: Yes. In some

places you can buy on the
“black” and cut the price
down to two bucks. Take
care — a raid might be imm-
nent and a visit to the local
slammer ts to be avoided.

Never leave a package of
Cigarettes on a restaurant
table. It is an unspoken
courtesy that you do NOT
offer your package to others
seated at your table.

One of the best gifts you

Dec.

19-26 planets Mars
and Jupiter journey hand in
hand in a close pattern in the
sign Virgo. Energies aroused
by Mars and expanded by
eager Jupiter should be
found directed toward
matters of Virgo nature, 1.e.
helpful attitude toward
others, health, education.
The Earth signs Capncorn,

Taurus, Virgo and Water
signs Scorpio, Pisces,
Cancer should benefit

greatly by the configuration
The Fire and Air signs Anes,
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which otherwise might
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CANCER

Jane 22

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A sumulatng penmod to
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July 24
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can bring to a nicotine fiend
is a carton of duty-free.

It is sensible for tour
group Teaders to check with
their group before hitting the
duty-free shops. Some

travellers are addicts while
others are not. You can save
some poor tourist a basketful
of money by bringing a car-
ton overseas for him. And

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hfe.

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