Show Vernal Express Publisher Tour from Rome Roule Lisbon Madrid By Wm B Walls Wallis Publisher Vernal Express Rome July We 14 arrived arri ed in the Eternal City by 1 TW A jet after a most pleasant in Lisbon and Madrid The flight from New York to Lisbon by Pan Am jet was wasa wt a new experience We have haT lost eight hours since we left le Vernal and find It a little dif dif- difficult di to adjust to the differ differ- difference ence in time AS WE ARRIVED in Lis- Lis Lisbon Li Libon bon on a clear day the tho cit city and co country side below t us looked like a painting Lisbon Is a beautiful city eit much like San Francisco with witha wit wita a very pleasant climate It lies about two thirds of I Ithe the way down Portugal Portugal's western coast overlooking a abroad broad bay formed by the est est- estuary es esuary uary of the Angus River It Itis is about seven miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean The city stretches along the tl waterfront of the estuary estuar called the Mar de Palha and an rises from a low range of hills hit that climb to the granite Cin Ch tra range behind Lisbon Many streets wind up the foothills of the moun- moun mountains mow Lisbon is divided into int five bairros or sections The Th oldest Lisboa Oriental in- in includes h eludes the castle of Sao orge the Cathedral erected be bI tween 1344 and 1380 the th Church of Sao Vicente d de deFlora Flora and an Augustinian monastery that contains the th tombs of the royal house of o Portugal THE STREETS in this sec sec- section sec section tion are crooked and crowded The other sections of Lisbon Cidade Baixa Lisboa Occidental dental Alcantara and Belem have broad tree lined ave ave- avenues ave avenues wide plazas and anc parks beautiful public buildings Some of the best known are art the National Almeida Sao Carlos Carios the palace of th the Cortes parliament and anc the former royal palace noro noW used as the ministry of the th exterior THE FAMOUS Monastery of Jeronimos de Belem stands stand in the suburb of Belem It I Iwas waS begun in 1500 as a monument monument ment to Portugal's great sea sea- seamen sea seamen men and is the burial plan place of the country's most famous men The Palacio de Belem has at tim times built ill hi the es served as the Ule seat of f thI the republics republic's president Before leaving for Madrid Madril we visited the Fish Market Marke Marketon on the waterfront and watch watched ed the fishermen and their wives preparing their morn morn- morning morning ing catch for the market a athe or orthe the fish auction The fish were of many vat var mainly mullets bas bass bassand and eels and were the only of a meagre income for the fishing families LISBON HAS a population of In Madrid we noticed the people turn out in great num- num numbers bers in the evening to enjoy the parks or to walk along the delightful streets of the city talking gayly The Palace home of former kings is located in the center of the city is perhaps one of the most elaborate in all Europe There are dozens of rooms and each with elegant chand- chand chandeliers of f cut glass gold and silver The tapestries resemble resemble ble paintings and adorn mo most t of the of the rooms and halls palace MADRID withstood a two and a half year siege and suf suf- suffered serious damage during the Spanish Civil War 1936 39 But by the end of the most of the damaged areas had been restored or rebuilt Today Madrid I is a modern city wIth many tall new buildings amid its his his- historic monuments and beautiful beautiful ful old churches The center of Madrid is the Puerta del Sol From this spa spa- spacious spacious cious shaped crescent plaza Madrid's principal streets branch out like the spokes of ofa ofa a wheel The city's most tm- tm street Calle de Al- Al Alcala eala cala extends from Puerta del delSol delSol Sol to the bull ring in the northeastern suburb of Las Ventas This style Moorish Plaza do de Totos seats spectators A few blocks east of 01 Puerto to del Sol Calle de Alcala crosses Madrid's most impressive sive street This beautiful boulevard has three parts parts- Paseo del Prado Paseo do de deCalvo Calvo Sotelo and Avenida del Stately trees line the broad avenue and fountains monuments and statues stand tand in parkways park park- parkways ways and circles in its center AFTER TWO days in Rome we will fly to Athena Athen and then to Cairo where we will visit ancient ruins along the Nile as far up as the Aswan thel Dam Then Theil we will go to Teh- Teh Teheran eran cran in Iran |