a. Wednesday, August 17, 1983.- North Shore News our return flight. Train to Frankfurt from Venice? We found that the schedules were lousy. Unless - we-wanted to depart:.at 6:00. a.m. we got the privilege of . changing trains-in Milan in © . the: middle of the night. Ever. been in the Milan railway station? Enough said. _ Instead, we forked over nearly $600 and flew Luf- thansa to Germany. Inciden- tally; that-was my first flight with that airline and I was underwhelmed. The plane was a creaky old DC-9, the food was so-so and the ser- vice slow because the plane was packed. We were told: that we didn’t tions in. Frankfurt. because there was an excellent office for: tourists. right at the air- port and they'd! fix us up.- Our, flight ; arrived about.7:30 ° in. theevening and it was pet- | ting.late by - the, ‘time. we - cleared... customs. That’ air- port is so. ‘huge: that the staff . use yellow bicycles to go about their business. The baggage carts have motors. $ in " Become a ae ‘Gierers Hospital. Please write to us at— 4480 Oak Street Vancouver, B.C. * V6H 3V4 ' ADVERTSING CORRECTION Eaton’s August Homefurnishings Support Flyer Page 19 Item 198 - AM/FM cassette mini stereo system The mode! number should read SPC 7497 also, due to supplier delivery problemas this item ta not available for immediate delivery However, orders wil be accepted tor delivery by August 16th inadvertently, the errors listed above have appeared in our advertising We sincerely regret any incon- venience or contusion to our customers. EATON'S many by train to catch ” b y Barbara _McCreadie need hotel: -reserva- 2 ~~ . and then they let the rooms go. Take.the train downtown and start looking:.The main Station is the third stop. Or you-could sleep here at the airport. and: ‘try again in the morning.” First lesson about Frank- furt! The city is one of the ~ biggest trade fair centers. in Europe and rooms are reserved months in advance. Never go there without a confirmed reservation. On the railway platform I bought tickets for 3.10 D:M. and asked directions from two men waiting on the plat- form. They were Americans attending a convention. When they heard our tale of woe and where we were heading-they were horrified. “You can’t go. there in the middle of the night! That's the heart of the red-light district.” “Maybe business is slow and they'll have-some extra Tooms.” “We can't let you do it! We've got two rooms in the Sheraton Hotel right here at the airport. We'll double up and give you one of them.” Can you believe it? They grabbed our bags, marched us over to the Sheraton and moved the stuff out of one room. In five minutes we had a lovely room and they even took us out for dinner. We took a cab into town and proceeded to explore most of Sachsenhausen. My mother and I don't as a rule pick up strange men in rail- way stations but we felt the circumstances in this case were exceptional and we did have a good time. “We must try apfelwein!” announced one of our escorts, motioning for the VIVA VERA | Aloe Vera juice sug retall 34.15 1gallon J B°> 380 mi. SAVE $8.20 JASON'S 500 mi Aloe Vera Shampoo &. 500 scrub Regular retall value $12.28 ‘6 SAVE Tf $5.30 * PLUS MANY MORE iN STORE SPECIALS * Hurry - offer good while suppiles last. “Your one stop Nutrition Shop” The Vitamin House 1929 Lonsdale 980-5 “Open Friday's till 9:00" 545 waiter. “I’ve heard it's really something.” For the record, I've tasted’ some foul drinks in my life but this stuff is right up there with grappa and Negroni as a gruesome brew. My mother took one sip and. announced that they should have left the pickles init. - We. ate at a typical beer garden ' ‘although it was too cold ‘to ‘sit: outside. After 10 p.m.. there“is only one méal served. bit it's good, cheap and ‘huge. Smoked pork chops, sauerkraut and “rye bread are washed down.with | beer or apfelwein. The bill came to.about $30 for four. .. Try ZUM KANONES-~ TEPPEL, 6000 FRANK- FURT/SACHSENHAUSEN,. TEXORSTRABE 20. . Trains in Frankfurt operate on the honor system with tickets purchased from machines in the station. By pressing your. destination button the amount of the fare lights up. The machines even give change. Woe betide the passenger who is caught without a ticket in the frequent spot checks, though. Tickets are stamped with. the time of issue so if you buy one and don't use it right away it’s worthless. Taxis. are excellent and not exorbitantly priced. Fare is about -$12.50 from down- town to the airport, .a 15 minute: frainride, slightly longer by road. It’s cheaper and as convenient to go by train —about $1.55. . Next ‘day, "Mom and I _walked all day ‘in downtown ‘Frankfurt. It’s a slight exag- geration to say the down- town .railway station