TIIEHKHAIU OUTLOOK Saturday 1990 Page Eastern Europe opens up to travellers Vince Egan Adventure travel is no longer confined to backpacking cycling and sleeping under canvas For some travellers the adven ture lies in taking advantage of new opportunities to visit formerly closed countries which until now could be seen only with ficulty if at all A year ago who could have fore seen the breath taking political changes that have taken place in Eastern Europe the breaching of the Berlin Wall free elections in Romania and other Soviet satellites the first stir of liberalization in Albania True it had been possible for outsiders to travel to most of the Communist ruled dictatorships although entry was granted it seemed grudgingly Now the process is generally much simpler about as simple in most cases as travelling to that Caribbean Communist stronghold Cuba If you are thinking about an Eastern European travel ture bear in mind that the chief reward will probably be the chance to satisfy your about life in that were long under the hammer and sickle Generally speaking you may find the ac commodation spartan the food so- so the service slow and seldom friendly EASTERN EUROPE One of the most comprehensive package tours of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union is a 24day itinerary being offered by Toronto- based Globus Gateway 1281 departing every Thursday until Oct 11 The tour begins and ends in Vien the handsome capital of Austria Its stops include Prague the Czechoslavakian capital War saw the Polish capital with side- trips to two other Polish sites the Gora monastery and the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and the Hungarian capital of Budapest where the yoke of the Communist system was lighter than anywhere else behind the now tattered Iron Curtain Within the Soviet Union par will visit the three Baltic republics Lithuania Estonia via Russia and the Ukraine Highlights of this 13day segment LOOK GOOD FEEL GREAT Male and Female Membe Available Month Trial Membership ttgm CO WORK THAT BODY STREET GEORGETOWN MAID SERVICE WHOS BEST ESS THATS WHO THEAWARD WINNE TV SHOW COAST TO COAST For FREE Estimates cal 87321 65 include visits to Leningrad s vast Hermitage museum and art gallery and to the former St Isaacs cathedral which under Stalin was turned into a museum extolling atheism The tour also in eludes an overnight stay in the still attractive Ukrainian capital of Kiev with its famed Golden Gate Tour price is about 770 with accommodation in first class hotels which Globus Gateway warns may not be of the same standard as those in Western Europe and North America INTO ALBANIA Albania after wartime invasions by Fascist Italy and Nazi many became the most rigid of Stalinist dictatorships after the Se cond World War Over the years since then the regime has banned all but a tiny trickle of foreign travellers to insulate the popula tion from outside influences Long time Albanian dictator the tyrannical Enver Hoxha died in Some slight easing of the tourist ban has occurred over the past five years In 1990 package tours of Albania a country of 3 million inhabitants are being of by at least wo Torontobased travel wholesalers Canadian Travel Abroad 2738 has a 10 day itinerary departing from Toronto every Thursday from June 14 to Stpt 27 Two days are spent in Albania bet ween tours of southern Yugoslavia Albania is bordered by southern Yugoslavia by northern Greece and by the Adriatic Sea Package is 1 or lower at the beginning and end of the season That includes transporta tion by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Campbell House Gallery MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthy s Tea Room 8730674 ESTHETICS TANNING TONING W Specialize in Full Body Care Ficuh Mike- Up Minkurts Pedicures LashBrow Bxfc Treatment Eli Piercing Sun Tinning Passive Midlines 8736013 The Indoor Mall Georgetown DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON DT 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 Exotik Tours also including Albania its program with some trips in com with destinations Yugoslavia It is also possible for those ing their own way to England to contact a travel agency and sign up for London based tours organized by the Albania state tourist board TRAVEL NOTEBOOK Here are notes on news of cur rent interest to travellers Air Canada has reduced fares between Toronto and Calgary by up to 66 per cent this sunimer discounts on which some restric tions apply are in force between May and Sept Tours of six private homes and public buildings in eastern On s Prince Edward County will be held June from 10 a m to p m In Port Hope a walking tour taking in several of its many historical homes will take place Sept 29 organized by the local branch of the Architectural Con servancy of Ontario Observances of the 150th an niversary of the birth of English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy June with a Victorian street fair in Dorchester about km southwest of London During the following three months many other activities are scheduled throughout the county of 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