Corel Draw 5/Corel Draw 5 CD1.iso/ventura/typeset/book_2.txt

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@CHAPTER # = Chapter 1

@CHAPTER TITLE = The Adventure Begins

@FIRSTPAR = This trip really began in September last year when Gerry
won first prize in a raffle at the fashion show which Rush-Presbyterian-St.
Luke's Medical Center holds every year. The prize was two round trip
tickets to the Greek Isles on United Airlines, and ten nights in the
Athens Grand Hyatt hotel. Analyzing our good fortune, we concluded
that we wanted to do more than spend ten days in Greece and return,
but at the same time, United, having just gotten its routes and equipment
from Pan American, had not yet received authority to fly to many other
European destinations.<$&Map[v]>

On February 10th, United acquired this authority, and on February
11th Debbie began putting our trip together. We left on March 2nd
and returned on March 26th<$M[trip start]>. We visited seven European
countries, traveled over 7,000 miles on four airlines, made over 500
Kodachrome<M^><190><D> slides, almost 200 Kodacolor<M^><190><D> prints,
and 5 1/2 hours of color and sound videotape.

@MAJOR HEADING = Chicago to Athens

11:03 P.M. Chicago time. 39,000 feet somewhere over the Adriatic,  we
are 11 hours and 42 minutes out of Chicago, with a little over half
an hour to go before we reach Athens. We were about an hour and ten
minutes late getting out of Chicago.

@MINOR HEADING = Travel Log

So far, it's been a long and interesting day and I guess it's just
about half over. We did the following:

@BULLET = Started packing at 5:30 A.M.

@BULLET = Left the house at 7:00 A.M.

@BULLET = Arrived at the airport at 7:35 A.M.

@BULLET = Arrived in Athens at 11:46 P.M.

@MAJOR HEADING = 11:31 P.M. Tuesday, March 4th

It's been a long day, but in many ways really quite fabulous. Let's
go back to the beginning. As related on page <$R[P#,trip start]1>,
our trip yesterday was a good one with fine weather, accompanied by
underlying clouds much of the way. Our 5400 mile<$FNautical miles.>
flight from Chicago took us North-East almost to the United Kingdom,
and then south-east to Greece. Letting down through the clouds over
a rough sea we saw many fishing boats and other vessels all headed
into shore. Our approach into the airport involved a long, slow descent
which, after passing the shoreline (strangely reminiscent of the West
shore of Lake Michigan although with some sandy beaches), gave us
an opportunity to see many small patches of cultivated ground. Tiny
houses, and even small factories. Everything seemed miniature.

At 4:25 P.M.<$FLocal time.> the sun was fairly high in the sky, but
due to what appeared to be smog visibility was probably not more than
5 miles. Quarantine and customs proved no problem, but immigration
was slow with much attention to detail. Our 5:15 P.M. limousine<197>really
a rather large bus departed promptly and carried us on our hour and
fifteen minute, 23 kilometer trip into the center of the city and
the hotel district. Although many of the roads into town were narrow
and winding, traffic moved steadily at about 30 miles an hour and
we observed no speeding. The new Grant Hyatt is every bit as good
as its reputation<197>somewhat more elegant than the Ritz Carlton.
Our room in the new tower looks exactly like the picture in the travel
folders. It's not exceptionally large. It has a bay window overlooking
the city with the ocean in the background, very nice furniture, and
a well-appointed onyx and plastic bathroom.

<169>Extras<170> abound: Toothbrushes, terrycloth bathrobes, slippers,
coffee making equipment, etc. There are eleven separate <M>restaurants
in the hotel, all<197>as we have found by inspection (reading<D> the
menus that is) very expensive. To settle later discussion by the way,
the price of our room is approximately $130 US dollars per day, allowing
10% for gratuities and another 10% for incidental expenses.