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THE WILLIAMS

LAKE TRIBUNE

Wednesday, May 27, 1959

Sylvia Baker’s Letter Home

Travellers see everything
but bull fights in Spain

Before I begin, happy birthday, Dad.
going to send youa telegram,
terribly expensive, eight dollar
my thoughts were with you.

We've just come from Madrid,
where we had three terrific
days. I wrote you about my
first few hours in the city so will
continue from there. While in
Spain we had to eat a genuine
Spanish meal and believe me,
one was enough. They ‘simply
drown things in olive oil. It’s
a good thing you have wine to
wash the food down. I must
admit, though, that by our last
day in Madrid, I was beginning
to enjoy a little of the olive oil
effect. I guess that in time you
become accustomed to almost
anything.

We were awfully fortunate in
Madrid. We ran into two
English boys we had met pre-
viously and they introduced us
to three of their friends who
work in the city. The fellows
weren’t’ Spanish. One was
Swiss, another Welsh and the
third Irish. The bunch of us
had a marvellous time together.
The boys took us to a bar-like
place where all the university
students hang out. At the table
next to ours there was a fellow
with a guitar and he and his
friends were singing Spanish
songs. It was reall nice to sit
there, sip wine and listen to the
Music. Mom, you would really
like the wine here: It is terri-
fic). From the bar we wan-
dered over the city streets and
visited many places of interest.
The following day two of the
boys were kind enough to act as

. our personal-guides and showed
us Madrid. It is surprising the
difference it makes when you
have someone to show you
around. We usually manage to
see most of the main attractions
on our own, but a personalized
tour is far nicer.

ON TO TOLEDO
' From Madrid we moved on to
Toledo, where we spent an in-
teresting day. Four of us girls

ket when a fellow came up and
asked if we would like to see El
Greco’s house. We said “no,”
we'd like to find a shopping area.
He immediately became our
guide and lead us through a
maze of streets to a small store.
On the way there we ran into
two of his friends who joined
our party. We had a great time,
they were really funny. They
spoke Spanish, French and a
little English. We laughed all
the way from the store to the
car. They bought each of us

a cookie and paid for a dozen|rid and Toledo we came through

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oranges. They also took us to
the factory where they worked
to see how genuine Toledo
jewellery is made. It was very
interesting to see, but we dis-
appointed them by not buying
any souvenirs. I wish now that
I had bought at least a bracelet,
they were really lovely and are
all done by hand.

We were hoping to see a bull
fight in Toledo, as we weren't in
Madrid on Sunday, but unfor-
tunately there wasn’t one in
Toledo either. I guess our next
hope is*Seville and should we
miss it there, we will keep our
fingers crossed for Barcelona.
Had we been two weeks later
arriving in Madrid, we would
have been able to witness an 11-
day fiesta with Spain’s top
matadors in the bull ring.

Before we left Madrid, we
did get to see the bulls they use
in the ring. It was just like
going to the cattle sale in Wil-
liams Lake, only most of them
here are black.

CAMPING OUT

We have been unable to fre-
quent youth hostels since our

Portugal to Lisbon, another
border crossed and the confusion
of a new currency. I just seem
to be getting the drift of one
country’s money when we are
off to another. In the eight
weeks we have been travelling,
I have used seven different cur-
Tencies.

PORTUGAL SPARKLES

Porugal is very similar to
Spain in many ways, but the
people seem friendlier and the
houses are in far better shape
than the Spanish homes. Every-
thing has a fresh coat of white-
wash and seems to sparkle. The
people here really find us fas-
cinating and we have gone over
in a big way. In both Spain and
Portugal people have flocked
around to stare at us. If we
stopped in a small Spanish town
for a few minutes the whole
Population came to inspect us.
The men would wander over to
the car and the women would
stop work and stand in door-
ways or lean out of windows to
get a better look at us. It was
rather embarrassing at first, but
now we are used to it. Even
when we reached Lisbon we at-
tracted people. I must admit
that they are friendly stares. It
is comical too, when we park
the car on a main street. Before
we know it, we have a crowd
around. We have considered
taking a collection, we could do
quite well. I think that one of
the main reasons we attract so
much attention is because of the
mixed company. I suppose they
don’t often see three boys tray-
elling with five girls.

We also must look terribly

arrival in Spain. We are a little
early for their season, so we
ave been camping out. We've]
had some dandy camp sites. The|
other night we stopped alongside
a Spanish cemetery. You can’t
be fussy. Our cooking has im-|
proved greatly since we first set
of. We can cook beautiful
potatoes in our pressure cooker,
our scrambled eggs are delicious,

recommend to anyone.

We even managed to cook a
tempting pot of french fried
potatoes. In no time at all we
will be masters of the culinary
arts.

You needn't worry about my
taking too few pictures, A roll
hardly lasts me any time at all.
is going to buy myself any,
souvemrs, My pictures will™ve
more than enough. I figure it
will cost me over a hundred
dollars for film by the time we
reach London again. We will
be in Gibraltar in a few days
and I will buy enough film to
last me until Germany.

We will be taking a side trip
from Gibraltar for about a week.
We are planning on crossing to
Morfoco and driving to Casa-
blanca and Fez, back to Tangiers
and over to Gibraltar again. I’m
getting way

ahead of myself.
Back to where I’ve been and
what I have done. From Mad-

wealthy for we are forever hay-
ing old women and kids poking
their hands in the windows for
money. They are really persist-
ent too. Lisbon is a lovely ci
It is on the Atlantic ocean and
like Rome is built on seven hills.
It is amazing how the old and
new can exist in a city. There
are some beautiful new buildings
in the city, yet you see old

was dying to take a picture of a
garbage lady, but didnt’ have the
heart, the women are so old and
pitiful that I just couldn’t em-
barrass them so I settled for a
picture of a woman with a jug
on her head. Another thing I
oticed are all the young boys
mn the streets. Apparently

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ieer'cr=s isn’t compulsory, so a

lot begin to work at an early
age. Usually the ones you see
are dressed in rags and have a
job as a delivery boy of some
kind.

Since we missed the bull fights
in Madrid and Toledp, I was
hoping to see one in Portugal,
but once again we are here at
the wrong time of the week. I
would have njoyed seeing a bull
fight here, it is quite different
to a Spanish fight. Here they
don’t kill’the bull in the ring
and the fighting is done atop a
horse. I am sure I would like
that far better than seeing the

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bull killed.
soft.

Another odd sight is all the
black arm bands worn during
the mourning period. Even kids
wear them.

We had some terrifically hot
weather lately and we have all
been in shorts and tee-shirts,
When we get out of the car we
slip on skirts as the people re-
sent slacks and shorts here. In
one village a woman refused to
speak to Kathleen because she
had slacks on. The people here
have a way of beating the heat.
A lot of them carry umbrellas.

WILLING HELPERS

During our first half hour in
Lisbon we were showered with
Portuguese goodwill. We had a
flat tire on the main street and
over 18 men flocked around to
offer their assistance. The boys
stood back on just watched, as
there was nothing else they
could do. -There were too many
trying to help without them
getting in the way. The Portu-
guese go to no end of trouble to
help you out. Alan, Kathleen
and I got on the wrong streetcar
in Lisbon and a man who spoke
a little English not only gave us
instructions; but took the right
streetcar with us, got off at our
stop and showed us which street
to walk along. So you can see
why we think the Portuguese are
tops for friendliness.

Last night we were camped
on the Atlantic Ocean a little
south of Lisbon. We couldn't
have had a nicer spot. We had
miles of white sandy beach to
jourselves and the ocean at our
| back door. I’m not an authority
|on beaches, but the boys all said
it was the best surf they had
seen since they left Australia.
Marg, Kath and I were in
stitches of laughter last night
|when we were washing the
jwishes. Our dishpan was the
Atlantic Ocean and sand our
|soap. We set the dishes behind
Jus and would walk into the
water and wash one plate at a
| time. At one point all our dishes

I guess I am too

but our spaghetti—t wouldn’:|Women in rags collecting gar-| were washed away when a huge
Tt is a|D@Se which they stuff in burlap | wave rolled onto the beach. Boy
little like glue. The other night |S4¢KS and put on their heads. I/ did we ever snap into action.

ON WAY TO SEVILLE

Right now we are driving over
a bumpy road. We are on our
way to the Spanish border and
Seville. The country quite

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flat and the vegetation consists
mostly of gum trees, fig and
Olive trees. Apparently there
are quite a few orange trees
around here too, but I haven't
seen an orange on a tree yet.
Tm really looking forward to
picking my first orange. A lot
Of rice is grown here too. It is
quite a sight to see over 20
Women bent over in a field of
water doing whatever they do to
rice. All you can see are their
behinds sticking up in the air.
I took a picture of them and
they all tittered and wiggled
around.

The Portugeuse men are really
something. I have never seen
so many good looking men.
They all have big black eyes.
When you walk down the street
they all throw you kisses, wink
and stop and stare. It is fun,
but rather embarrassing. Sylvia
puts her head down, blushes and
scurries on her way.

Boy, is it ever getting hot. I

don’t know how I will ever last
in Morrocco where it is 120 de-
grees. I am going to buy a big
sun hat and glasses in Gibraltar.
Time for my afternoon orange
so will close for now.

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