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1 won't bore you . -with statistics on the numbers of | people who have assumed that I ‘must be’ fluent in ‘at least seven languages includ- ing Finnish: and Mongolian

dialect. A whole lot of

Canadians feel. that, since they. can’t parlez-vous ‘in

‘whatever language is spoken . . by the local barténder,; they

had better stay. home where ‘‘Joe”’ can distinguish a- “rye and ginger’’* from a. “‘bull- shot’’ without. a dictiqnary..

by Barbara

' McCreadie

But, I have learned one word of Spanish that I would

recommend to any traveller!

Believe me, I can’t spell it. -

But, using phonetic English/ Spanish—lI will never. forget how to say it—QUFFHADO. QUITHADO. QUITHADO.

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A group of us were shopping along the main center in Buenos Aires— FLORIDA STREET. This maze of shops is separated by an area of pedestrian walk-ways (they blocked off the streets in the center to form walkways but the avenues are open to traffic).

Swarms of people meander through, especially at lunch- time when all the - office buildings spew out their typists to grab a sandwich in the multitude of ‘‘grab-and- runs’’

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You’! find a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada nearby and on the lower floor they will exchange your traveller’s cheques at the best rate. There may be other banks that do much the same job, but, being a creature of habit, this. is where I go. Funny none of my accounts

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Centre 37-4429 Kingeway, oeeayeeby.

437-3781 RENO

GAMBLER’S SPECIAL

3 NIGHTS & 4 NIGHTS

Thurs. OF Any 3 of 4 Nights

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TWO WEEKS AIRFARE

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Departa every Saturday each dbie. from

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in Canada are with th the. oyal, but that’s. the way it goes.

‘Am I: ‘off the track? We were learning 2 a. new. word. QUITHADO.”

Was I ‘having : a . good ‘day! There, were five of us—my - young “friend: Pablo; his

ny

“little. sister’” (age: 16); my. Mother -and one of © my~

deughtors (Suzy).

family.

over .a .grou

“-Panthers”’ that 1 bought, for’: » my other daughters. Stuffed ..

' with some sort of seeds, they posed charmingly wherever you plopped them. Not a bad deal for about a a dollar.

The piggy bank I bought for my .youngest was a .charming pink pig, covered in felt, with such eyelashes! Move over, “‘Miss Piggy”’— this lady is much prettier. When you dislike shopping as much as I do, -small triumphs are cherished.

So, there I was—loaded down with a mess of small parcels (I hadn’t learned the value of one of those 29 cent string bags). We decided that lunch would be the Argentine equivalent of the Pizza Hut. ;

Pablo was doing his latest

‘*take-off on my pantomine

with the ‘‘pink panther”. He had just finished giving me.

hell about leaving my purse open on the floor of the bank

so, since I hadn't been robbed, he -:was feeling mellow’

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A note of explanation: Pablo was 21 and took the ‘responsibility of his Canad- ian “‘sister’’ very seriously! His English is a million per cent better than my Spanish ‘sO we converse in English.

Still giggling, I stepped off the curb. Can you imagine how I felt when Pablo, in the best flying tackle since the Super Bowl, knocked me face-down in the gutter?

The bus that nearly splat- tered me roared on.

“QUITHADO!”’

Pablo had done what all of us do in times of emergency.

ry Pinxa Hotel 1018 Busrerd Gt, Van.

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SEPT. 15 00. dbte. trom °419

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7 NIGHTS Departe every Baturday

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_ - We had hopped on and off ts

a lot of. local buses for .a-) ridiculously low price and ~~ .Shopped in some of the, world’s best bargain centers for gifts for the rest of the.

Despite the fact that he knew. 1 couldn’t speak enough Spanish to bless myself with—he had yelled ‘‘Be Careful’ in Spanish. ;

If you think he was mad about the open purse, you

THE METEORA IN GREECE, is 24 perpendicular: rocks, the highest being 2011 feet. Centuries ago monks built a monastic community high in the rocks.

should have seen the next scene. As the bus moved down the street and around the corner (I'll swear it was going 90), he dragged me out of the gutter.

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