Show Lousy Weather Maybe But Now Is Bargain Time 1 If one is seeking a bargain this is the time to go to Europe THE WEA WEATHER TIlER will probably probably probably ably be lousy but the bitter cold of January and February will not have arrived yet and andone andone andone one can enjoy theater shopping shopping shopping shop shop- ping and on the sunny days delightful sightseeing The airlines are offering really wonderful bargains again One can get a plane ride to England or Ireland plus hotel with breakfast included plus tickets to several several several sev sev- eral shows sho and maybe a car for a few days all for about or a little more The best system is for couples to take advantage of these special offers for the hotel accommodations at this price pricer mean a room shared AND IN many cases the offer of a car for a few days means that at least two have to use one under car of course There are special tours of this nature being offered by byall byall byall all the airlines even those of some Asian nations THIS IS also the time to toline toline toline line up a ski trip with one of the European airlines and these ski trips are a b bargain equal to London show specials for example One can spend two weeks in a hotel or pension pension pension pen pen- sion with breakfast and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps some transportation and get this and his transportation across the Atlantic and back for just over Obviously these special tours are the best bargains available available available avail avail- able to Americans seeking low- low 0 cost European travel If one e begins early he can pick from m among several cities and ever n hotels with several airlines I in planning a ski trip MUCH HOKUM is is written n about Spain Italy Greece an and anc d Portugal in winter as if th the e weather were comparable t tc o that in Florida and southern n California This is not true The average l American tourist trying these I countries for a weather warm-weather r vacation in winter rather than Florida is badly disappointed WHILE WIDLE THERE isn't the l snow one finds above the Alps I it is often quite cold and in recent years even Rome Home has seen snow in winter I used I to go to Venice every April when I lived in Europe mainly mainly mainly main main- ly because it was still relatively relatively relatively rela rela- empty and one could get the feel of the old canal city without the overwhelming tourism that begins in May It was almost invariably cold Malta or Rhodes are better weather choices as are some of the Spanish islands or Portugal's Portugal's Portugal's Por Por- Madeira But if one is seeking weather insurance the best bet is to head for the where many of the islands lie much further to the south than those in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean Medi Medi- and thus are assured assured assured as as- I warmer weather in win win- ter |