w okokmtown hiulb wtdaoxby embibc october m 1bs5 pages florence pisa rome again as cordaros tour italy r mr mj haw- jfc e4w w m is fell l hmtv ligjn m fumc pita j ha rk wtfc swf rtfctm vuh to m vu florence italy wu hr w are at florence at hotel kioska a beautiful roam oppo site tfce 3ttioa overlooking the square today we went for a sight seeing tour by chain complete with fnnged umbrella our guide took us first oae of the out important churcfeet we catered a very narrow street and oa our right u a golden door oar guide told us it was called the golden door of the miracle of the angels because of the many miracle olkaalini that had taken place bf ore o on our left was anftlker nrtpmtng structure i believe he called it santa afaria of the klowers than on to yet another squar where there were tome very lovely statues all around the square we asked him to take us to other beauty spots but apparently the only other beauty spuls were ail churches and since we had visited to many of them we dcidd to co home for a long nights sleep and be on our way to fhsfnext djv we went to pis by bus and once again the route wound over mountains till we were 3000 feet up ut the moun lain once again it seems italy is all mountains every time you go from one city to another you pass through those mountains sometimes the tun neu are 50 minute ride by ruad it u very pretty but the roads take ou high over the mountains and they are so narrow our bus had to bark up se veral tune to let other traffic through there are hundreds of acre of- grape fnes and fruit trees all along the waj also sugar ranef and some very pretty tall fern like fronds that curled over like huge feathers john ua ed one of the passengers w ha t t bey wrrr and was told they were ggina and were used for waking brooms- at last we came to pisa and were lucky to get a nice room once sgain close to the station after lunch we took a tram down to the leaning tower and church we took some pictures and as we noticed many people atop the tower we decj ded to go up ut it was too late so we settled for a walk around the shops pise u noted for its marble and gus statues we visited many of the shops and looked around the town next morning we moved on once again for another short visit to rome ve missed the coliseum on our last vuit and i did want to see the place where the early christians had been put to death for their faith o jtome we were not uh so fortunate as far as our room went the best we could do was a pension house but we vtu ted the coliseum anjl took another look at m peters jler we wer stopped by the uniformed guard who demanded hat we check our camera he had been allowed to lake it with us the last tune when we toured with tfw witnesses but not this time the also stop every woman from entering unless she bad her arms covered j we did not check our camera bat fame awayn me saw ihe old roman wails some of then built 2 000 years before ihruvt then as it was very hoi we stopped at the huge monument to king victor emmanuel for a drink from a sidewalk vendor a little further on we saw the same vendor and wonder ed why he had moved so quickly he told us he had been fined 1000 lire for stopping at that spot i have won dered many times why there were so many beggars in italy and so much graft and poverty now i know ev ery tune you rent a room you are char ged a government tax the storeke p- ers have to have a different hcerc for everything they sell we wanled bacon and eggs at the reslauranvbut they told us they had to beg an extra licence for bacon and eggs the wor ken here work for about 50e a day depending mostly on tips to make a living we left rome today for kaplc here they are starting their fista everywhere you go you see parents with little children all dressed up in fancy drecses there are statu all along the streets selling paper hat and horns with long streamers jewel iry fruit etc etc the streets are crowded with peopla who stare si us as we pass they know by our dress 1 dont think i lika n spoil tomorrow we go on another excur sion to the isle of capri 1 know it will be very in t erecting for we visit what u known as the itlue grotto we go by bus and boat so till nest letter cheerio k cord a ho macs taxi reapii with 2 radio aquapnej u reiiabie sekvice good d8ivebs triangle 72641 v insurance travel reaf estate walter t evans co triangle 72512 mill street serving your community for over 30 yean hi ft i t jr an a herald advertising brings resuhsll rmt still unequalled right from the date of its introduction last fall the motoramie chevrolet has swept its field to become the fastest selling car in history giving the most in modern beauty top performance and forthright economy 1 s f f yes even while most compemorsiareo latestwares chevrolet is still the choiof people wer as always arthur scoh motors limited lueen ii v