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SUMMER BECKONS and so does Europe. If the truth be known the best time to go is spring or fall, particularly since our summer here is so precious.

Be that as il may, many people have no option because of school holidays, while others don’t seem to mind secing Rome in the com- pany of massed Burberrys of American schoo! teachers.

Paris is awful in July, dead in August while the good humor of London is pushed to its limits all summer long. Venice is intolerabie unless you’re staying at the Hotel Cipriani, an island sanctuary five minutes from the madness of St. Mark’s.

Fortunately’ there are pockets of sanity around Europe, roughly defined as places where tour buses do not enter.

One is Hviids Vinstue, a pub at the Nyhavn end of the bustling Stroget in Copenhagen. With its step down at the front door this is a bar you can literally fall into, but once inside the Danes are great company and cager to convince visitors they have given up rape and pillaging for Lego evenings.

Not far away is Oslo, home of Europe’s most expensive beer (which may explain the lack of crowds) and the Vigeland statues, so impressive that people who wouldn't normally cross the street to see a statue will cross the world to look again at this artist’s astonishing work.

An option to the crush of air-

ports and continual hotel! check-ins is to go by cruise ships, which of- fer the opportunity to taste popu- lar. destinations with maximum ease. Regardless of how good or bad your: day is, in. St. Tropez or Cairo, there is always the ship when you return, and that means air conditioning, a bathtub, your seat in the dining room and the chief engineer’s patent shoes around the dance floor.

If you don’t dance, charter a ‘sailboat. The West Coast of Scotland is a best-kept secret, of- fering the finest cruising in the British Isles with sheltered sailing out of Oban or Troon, transits of

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the Crinan Canal and marvellous places to visit, islands straight out of Whisky Galore, with fish- ermen’s bars and restaurants staff- ed by Sloan Rangerish girls up from London for the season. Consider also Peebles Hydro, 22 miles south of Edinburgh on the Borders, where a week's holiday with a day’s trout fishing, access (o 17 golf courses, a bottle of malt whisky and a bottle of champagne

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This elegant hotel, which has indoor pool and outdoor tennis courts on spacious grounds, is a legend in Scotland and offers the Opportunity to meet the locals rather than battalions of accoun- tants from Etobicoke. Cail general manager Picter van Dijk at OI1- 44-721-20602.

You'll also be within casy strik- ing distance of Glasgow, scene of this summer's Glasgow Garden Festival, a tartan Expo on the River Clyde. Just an hour away by air is Dublin, currently celebrating its 1,000th birthday. British Air- ways Holidays is offering Jury’s Hote! for just $89 a night, and the

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Great Southern at Killarney for $75, both great deals because although Ireland offers brilliant hotels and restaurants, they are not cheap. Don't leave Dublin without a pint of stout at the Stag's Head.

Riverside pubs in England are happily catering to the expanding barge cruising business, a relaxing and independent way to explore the River Thames and other waterways. Ask your travel agent about UK Waterways Holidays.

Watch also for special fares. Wardair is usually first off the mark and it offers open-jawing on charter fares, which means you can fly into London and return from Prestwick.

Air Canada is rarely far behind, and once again is featuring its summer service from Vancouver to Prestwick, every Friday from June 3 to Sept. 9,

Canadian, meanwhile, is pro- moting its new service to Frankfurt and is currently offering, along with KLM, a $799 fare to Amster- dam with a free car for a week thrown in,

Before you go, consider buying a Eurail pass (15 days for $399) or Air Inter’s France Pass for $295. This offers unlimited air travel for seven non-consecutive days. Coupled with the Hertz Car Pass, also $295 for seven days, travellers can choose from 28 cities und ex- plore France at leisure for 14 days.

Nervous about hotel prices in Europe? Go the bed and breakfast route on the Cote d'Azur with Friendly Home, which offers a double room with breakfast and private bathroom for $54. Call Vracuise Daumont at OI-33-93- 346332.

if you’re adventurous consider flying to London and picking up onward tickets from a travel agen- cy or bucket shop. Bargains are always available to most European destinations, particularly Spain and Grecce,

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