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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free press saturday May 13, 1972 through an artist s eyes echoes of past heard amid Israel s Bustle by Evelyn Loewen first of a series Europe is a unique experience and no matter How you travel through its diversified countries it is difficult not to have a memorable trip. Our flight to Israel with up air re car rentals in Britain inclusive weekly Saloon car rates Start at can. S33.50 Low season can. 551.50 High season with unlimited free mileage. So different types to choose from including automatics station wagons and campers. More information by air mail from cars. . Box. No. 38. Cobham. Surrey England. Kt11 3bt ally was a global affair. Though it is a lengthy trip we were All reluctant to miss any of it by sleeping. High above the weather some feet in our radar smooth Miles a minute flight All earthy things take on a pretty fairy like appearance. The British Isles As we Dew Over at 5 . Is perhaps one of the prettiest sights i have Ever seen. It was alive with fingers of Light spread out like a Beautiful jewelled filigree resembling the delicate work of some Indian craftsman. The first place our big Jet set Down was Amsterdam Diamond capital of the world with the largest duty free shop in world Sun flight Mexico 10 Days Uati Friday thunderbird travel Ltd. 516-283 Portage ave. 943-6087 put France on your travel map. 13 d 8 Days in Corsica from your tour of France in 21 Days All included for fare extra in All cases. I i i i i i i l i m thinking of putting France on my travel map. Tell me More. Wfp-2-72 name address. _ City France the French government tourist office 1840 Sherbrooke St. West Montreal 109, Quebec. I i i i i i i j Winnipeg artist Evelyn Lowen has recently returned from a Holiday in Israel. This is the first of a series of articles on Israel As through an artist s eyes. Seen a fantastic Challenge to All women travellers. It is an impeccably maintained City with ancient town houses overlooking the picturesque canals that run like strands of a shimmering necklace through the City. It was a disappointment not to see More of this famous City but perhaps another time. Then on to Rome and then away to Israel via the Snova Ca p p e d peaks of the Alps which was a wonderfully panoramic View with its Beauty and greatness related somewhat to our own dramatic Rocky mountains. The time passed with such ease that we were soon Landing at Lod Airport in Israel and being greeted by the Friendly Al Al representative who herded u s without much ado into Israel. Getting into Israel was a Little easier than getting out. We had to go through an intensive Security Check again be fore boarding our Al Al plane for Home nine Days later. I was most impressed with the Cau Tion and in these disturbed times i think it is a Wise pre caution. I was impressed with the Al Al Israel airlines Many helping hands. We received a Booklet before we left suggesting what we should bring and the weight of each article. I followed their advice almost to the letter and found i had a Little space and allowance left Over something that has never happened to me before. One other help is a Book that suggests not Only what to look for when Tak ing pictures but the Correct Angle lighting and exposure. As a poor to worse photographer a real help. Al Al is israels National airline and observes the jewish dietary Laws of Kash Ruth or Kosher cooking which is meat and Dairy products divided. We found most liner draws tourists Long Beach Calif. The liner Queen Eli Zabeth is a burned out Hulk in Hong Kong Harbor but her sister ship the Queen Mary has found a prosperous retirement As a tourist attraction in this Southern California port. Afloat and hemmed by a protective Dike her Black Hull and Black and Vermilion funnels loom against the budding sky scraper Skyline of Long Beach. The 38-year-old liner once the Pride of the Cunard Fleet was not transformed to a Shore at traction without problems. The City which paid million for her and counted on spending no More than an additional ?5 million for her conver Sion found it had to replace rusted funnels and perform major repairs inside. Costs soared to the Mark in Public Money and critics predicted it might go As High As million. But Long Beach authorities had a Yefet egg in royalties they draw from offshore Oil production although some of the uses they made of the Money have caused political rows. They say the most important thing is that the Queen Mary is already a tourist attraction. In the first 10 months of Only partial operation the ship attracted More than 1.1 million visitors. Long Beach officials predict that when the ship is fully operating it will attract 3 million visitors a year making it the second tourist attraction in the area after Disneyland. A 400-room hotel will open in the six upper decks of the Queen Mary next year. N part the scooped out Hull has been converted into a museum of the sea by French oceanographer Jacques Yves Cousteau. In a 45-minute tour visitors see everything from the ship s giant propeller lurking like sea monster in floodlit water to the dining rooms and state rooms of the upper decks. Hot dog and cold drink stands Are posted along the decks to refresh tourists during their arduous walk Over the ship. Hotels and restaurants in Israel Kosher also. Every country has its great Art and architecture its magnetic cities and quaint villages it s history and culture. Yet perhaps nowhere is this combi nation so Rich appealing and diversified As it is in Israel. One would think it impossible to see Israel in any degree of depth in eight Days yet the combined efforts of up air Sun Tours Al Al and the Israel government tourist office gave us a concentrated and comprehensive look at the people and places that played such a Large part in shaping destiny. With a private bus our own personal Driver and exceedingly knowledgeable guide at our Beck and Call 24 hours a Day and a working itinerary that utilized every minute i feel that i have indeed seen Israel. Land of Many faces. Faces that speak to you of yesterday today and tomorrow. Israel Laud of the Bible which has furnished the setting for some of the most stirring events in the history of Man kind came to life again. Independence regained the people of Israel have turned to wards the reconstruction of their land with Energy and vision but above the tumult of Israel s dynamic remaking the echoes of the past May be clearly heard. The Bethsheba of Abraham still stands on the threshold of the desert and to it bedouins still come to sell their wares As they did in ancient Days. Jerusalem the eternal City retains its ancient Aura of Sanc Tity and still draws an endless Stream of pilgrims. Nazareth nestles almost unchanged in the Hills of Galilee. Eilat. Israel s outlet on the red sea is again a bustling sea port. Sodom on the shores of the forbidding dead sea and the lowest Point on the face of the Earth has become an Industrial Centre. Rarely does the Opportunity occur to witness a nation in the making. In biblical lands Long torn by conflict More than Cus Tom prompts the beginning and ending of conversations with that freighted word the Arab says Salaam the jew Sha Lom through the Eye of an artist peace Boston Bill Sharman Washington if once took 11 shots it at game senators stole Only 13 bases and notched u Field goals for during the season the an Aba performance Mark. Total in major league history. 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