TOURING THE CITY

A self-respecting city always has one or more promenades and a number of monuments.
The promenades are generally gardens populated by nannies and baby carriages.
The monuments, whether historical or not, all look the same.
The cathedral is still very beautiful, but also very obscure, and the sacristan-cicerone's speeches don't add much clarity. How can one decipher all these mysterious terms like rood screen, transept, apse, lintel, and entablature? For mountaineers, there remains the attraction of climbing the 250 steps of the bell tower.
The town hall is also very beautiful, but a little too dazzlingly modern.
The older courthouse has the disadvantage of evoking painful memories.
The museum is always closed on convenient days or times.
The newer districts of the city offer no character; The old neighborhoods offer too many, because they are winding, steep, and smelly.
The best thing, therefore, when you want to get to know a city, is to go into the first stationer and ask for the collection of illustrated postcards. Photography idealizes everything. You make your choice and send it to your friends, who will be touched by this token of memory and will envy your happiness. For the first point of travel is not so much to see as to make others believe you have seen. This way, you save time, fatigue, entrance fees, and tips.

LOUIS LANDRON,