Southwestern Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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From Our chool MY TRIP Around the World in Eighty Days seemed so impossible when Jules Verne wrote the book by that name. Today a tenth of that time would not be required. We left Buffalo around I p.m. a-nd were scheduled to reach Los Angeles at 7:45 p.m. Pacific Time on The American Air Lines. The plane was heading into a strong wind and be- fore we reached Chicago our pilot announced that we would probably be hours late. On the Pan-American Air Lines we took off from Los Angeles on July first around 9 p.m., refuelled at Hawaii and Wake Island, crossed the Inter- national Date Line and arrived in Tokyo, Japan, July 3rd. Note that twenty-four hours were dropped from flying time going westward across that date line. We stopped for five hours in Hong Kong, China and for parts of three days or more in Bangkok, Thailand, Rangoon and Moul Meink, in Burma, and reached Calcutta, India on July I lth in the early evening. These dry statistics omit the exciting sight seeing! Mt. Fujiyama, The River Quay, the huge Sleeping Buddah were outstanding experiences along with many less noted sights. The Taj Mahal at Agra was omitted this time because I had seen it on a previous trip. Ma-ny of the trips around India were made by plane. The Indian Air Lines already use jet-propelled engines on many of their planes. The three-day trip to Darjeeling was made in less than twelve hours. Delhi has many more buildings - beautiful ones-than on that previous visit, twenty-six years ago. Railroad stations and service are greatly improved. Schools have increased in number and improved in equipment. Bicycles and motor vehicles have increased the traffic hazards that formerly were caused mainly by flocks of sheep and herds of cattle or goats. Even the temperature was higher. One newspaper claimed that the weather was the hottest on re- cord. Another was content to claim the hottest in fifty years. For three months the average temperature reported by the newspaper ranged, with few exceptions, between 950 and lO5o On our boat from Bombay to Naples the passenger list was largely Indian. Students, some married, and many bringing whole families were seeking to better their conditions in a foreign land. The trip through Europe was fascinating. In Italy the Cardinals of the World were as- sembling for the Conclave that elected Pope John XXIII. The Sistine chapel and other ad- joining areas were blocked off to visitors because the voting took place in that portion of the Who Traveled Around the World from July to December 1958 Vatican. ln spite of some cold fall weather we had a warm enough period to eat our Sunday dinner i-n Venice on the sidewalk in front of our hotel. The gondola rides on the Canals, a visit to Venetian Glass Factory, and adventure across the Bridge of Sighs were prized experiences. Switzerland weather hid the mountain snows of Zurich and the Jungfrau the day we adventured up that mountain from Interlaken but we had sun in Luzerne for an experience that was one of the highest of the high spots - a view of the Lion of Luzerne. The League of Nations Building in Geneva reminded us of the United Nations Building in New York City on a far smaller scale. Paris was all we anticipated both shopping and sight-seeing. At the Louvre we enjoyed originals in Sculpture and Painting and other works of art of which we had heard and studied all our lives. Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace, visits to the Parliament Buildings, Westminster Abbey and a session of the House of Commons were thrilling, indeed. So also were Win'dsor Castle and Stratford-on-Avon. Four days from Le Harve to New York City on The United States, the fastest boat afloat brought us back to our own country in time for Thanksgiving. Truly we gave thanks with especial fervor for the many many incidents that made this a truly wonderful trip.

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