On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:28:52 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:12:28 +0200, Doesn't Frequently Mop
> wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:21:36 +0200, B
>>Vaughan has scripted:
>>
>>>
>>> Should peasant women have to continue to wear formidable corsets in
>>>40 degree weather, world without end, Amen, so that British traveller
>>>writers can get some great photos? Or is this lament just fuel for a
>>>sneer at those who never saw it all when it was worth seeing?
>>
>>In summation, yes, this is some old fart that is probably drunk and
>>nostalgic in his memories.
>>
>>Note that in a few years I will return to Romania and remark how such
>>a beautifully innocent country has been destroyed by westernisms.
>
>Some day I'll write a travel piece about how quaint and charming
>London was in the old days, before central heating.
It has been done, Barbara!
'Through Europe on Two Dollars a Day" byFrank Schoonmaker.
Published in 1927.
Try and find a used copy, makes for a really interesting read about
how it used to be. The chapter on Italy is sub headed The Greatest
Bargain in The World. |