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Show ,vr" EII!ffl?ES REVIEW June 23, 1966 SAS A 89 Twice The Fun On A Shoestrin f tT' ' w .'7 t A T it I 'i0.,rtT"ut".riftnj ii x v Im not going to try Av.vi to convince you to go to Europe. i dont want to go, dont go. But if youve already bought your ocean ticket, youve also probably thought of a respectable reason to travel. A If you WOULD expect to seek Shakespeare among the rums of East Germany. But this WHO ?! is Schiller's garden and here the poets of freedom unite ft Maybe Is f! M 1 i s v( II O' V 'l H t.v s I 1 ssit $ - 7 r I o $ ! I & ,s ; ua t: r r,,, I V . w-.;::- s4Mt: & t vv ij sfrj i V 1 n I fe A r; viV$i Af o ' r MET Christina in a small village near Wurzburg and she drove me to Rothenburg to see the old European city gates. driver. For girls hitching is a cinch. waited for a ride was 20 minutes and - ?- .. . .u tjiaja f f ' S' '' , v' I A SYMBOL OF RUSSIAN rule is the new Russian Orthodox Church in Leipzig. It Si, '! , V A ' I ' ce r V $ 4, i the most photographed city in Germany is Rothenburg city of You can walk cm top of the city wall around the entire the Brothers Grimm. city. ' ' 0 ' ' r' , x X I SxS Ws ; X . s .... , . s:h I I 4 5 S .4r K I 3 V f 'n 4 ' ; ' Itl ; 111 u ) I ill 1 i ' t r Cr . 4 J Tin:, pjr T'Tl IS UkHi from bii'I is l.nii'nis .t.v.st.'ituf-.- . s astl ojr rossthe River fiorn Wurzburg The of iho U(,jv(. m W j ,dl dS n? : 4 My guide apolo- The longest I ever you wait for a train longer than that. But one German traveling salesman gave me a helpful tip: If youre a girl, dont accept rides from drivers of large trucks with sleeping cabs. You have to know where not to hitch. It is illegal to hitch on the autobahns and autostradas (highways), but it is legal to hitch on the on and off ramps. In the middle of July you might see 12 or 13 hitchers lined-u- p cm a ramp. Dont get discouraged. Stick to the autpbahans because they are fast (no speed limits) and they connect all major cities. Finger language is part of the hitching game. You stick out a thumb in the direction you intend to travel. A driver may point down and make circular motions with his index finger, meaning that he is just traveling within the city. Cr he may point in a particular direction indicating that ? 4 the highway divides. By the time you nod your head (because that is the direction you want to go, too) the his wife objects or driver Is gone. Or he will shrug the Volkswagon is overcrowded. General tips: Englanders and Germans are recognized as the hitchers best friend and also boast the most and f i the best hostels. France, Italy and Spain are notorious for their bad hostels (there are exceptions) and likewise notorious for , s their bad hitching. Sweden has been reputedly bad for f ; hitching since the outlawing of prostitution. But dont let me discourage you from visiting the slow 'i hitching countries. I only mean that it was in Italy where I waited the long 20 minutes. You will hear a lot about the Eurail plan, where you buy a pass for unlimited first class travel. Its advantage is ff convenience. What Americans dont realize is that second class (not I' I much different from first class train travel is cheap, so you have to travel a lot of miles to get your Eurail moneys worth. Besides, first class travelers snub their noses at rucksacks and are really not half as interesting as the auto I I driving natives. IP at BEAUTIFUL royal gardens are found throughout Europe. gized, This is only the summer residence. w & HfiMh jte 1 PROBABLY ii nirrViit-iiin.ulf- ed V V T fniriwii - the Health Department for a smallpox vacillation. Then write the American Youth Hostels, Inc., 14 West 8th $ Street, New York 11, New York for a hostel card (under "I 18 years, $4; under 20 years, $6; over 21 years, $7). If you hit a city late in the evening and find that the Youth Hostel is filled, youll want to know the next cheapest place: the Student Hostel. ' So for a student hostel card write: United States NationalStudentAssocia' tion, 265 Madison Avenue, New York. You might buy a copy of Europe on $5 a Day, but f dont use it as a Bible. The mentioned hotels are filled to the eaves with budget-mindAmericans and optimistic hotels usually cost more than the book indicates. 4 Mother insisted I wasnt taking enough clothing, but I ended up throwing away or giving away until I bought a small tote-b- ag in Amsterdam and spent ten precious dollars shipping the whole suitcase back to America. Forget the suitcase. If youve got a rucksack, take it. i Otherwise an oversized handbag wiiPdo? A sleeping bag? Bow adventurousare you? There .will be, times when ydulf bd'bulu the middle bf aow pasture i waiting for a ride while the sun sets or you will find that theres no room at the inn, and youll wish for a sleeping bag. If you decide to take one, spend an extra American dollar and get a lightweight (4 or 5 lbs.) nylon bag. I mentioned waiting for rides. Even if you swear up and down that youll never accept a ride from a stranger, Til wager that if youre a real traveler, sometime, somewhere in Europe you too will get the bug and find that its not only profitable, its fun and safe. A different breed of people hitch in Europe. . .theyre students - like you and me. Drivers assume this, so waits are short and you seldom meet an unfriendly t v- you say that travel will mature your ideas and prepare you for college, or maybe you want to get drunk at the Munich beer festival where ID isnt required, or you want to marry an English duke, study economics at Cxford, work at an Alpine ski resort, be a Social Worker in Paris, or dodge the draft. The only important reason is that you want to go. So your best friend doesnt want to go - you do. So you dont have money - you don't need money. Forget everything and just go. For a student there is only one way to see Europe, cheaply. I guarantee youll have twice the fun on a shoe string. Europe on $5 is a bunch of hogwash. If you cant better that budget, youre just not trying. Europeans like students. Scholasticism is a select vocation, and a scholar has select pr'Yileges. So If you have even an inkling that youre going, rush down to the main Post Office for a passport and to M Iftmawi ITS COLD AND WINDY....but the top of a mountain is still any Austrian's favorite place. (Hes wearing r fc. ONE IS tonlaUuaart-of.Europes.rran- d cultural beritace,.. the Europeans lea ve.su lues every where. Schiller and Goethe stand in the citv of a bundled other artists hascottages see Rothenburg : fellow countrymen, it too well for a picHiro If off mmn to ring the -- |