Page 10 - The Canadian, Jewish News, Thursday,. Augustl 3. 1981
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Even Wednesday afternoon during the fall and spring, a parade is held at the U.S. naval academy at Annapolis.
Tourists crowd the sand beaches
Dozens of resorts
By JAMiES MONTAGNES
OCEAN CITY, Md.-
The white sand beach stretches here for more than four miles (6.4 kilometres) along the Atlantic Ocean. All summer it is crowded with bathers, surf fishermen and sun-worshippers relaxing on the hot sand.
This is one of the popular resorts on the east coast, its three miles (4.8 km) of boardwalk lined ■with hotels and motels, many with swimrning pools for those who don't . waat to battle the white-, surf. .
Her^" is where you get a taste of the seafood available alniqst everywhere in . Maryland.. You can join others on a rental fishing boat to try for white marlin. the sport fish of the area, or fish for bass, fiounder. trout or roekfish in the quieter waters of SinepiJ.xent Bay. protected from the ocean by a barrier of sand.
This city.is but; one of many resorts in the state , close to wateri Not all have ..such. long, white . sand beaches,' but they certainly all have good seafood. .■ .
There is; Tilghman Island, on Chesapeake Bay. for example. It is.not nearly . as'. crowded,, as .Ocean City, but here you , will find ■ fishing bqaVs .
galore, for this is the fish,.' , packing centre of the :state. You can hunt Tor ■ clams on .' shore, ' go out' with; the - fishermen for ci'abj ■ shad ;ahd"herring.-.: Andif you .dq'n't. like fish-.l ihg 'but eating seafood, try steamed clams in, broth , here, .served.. with ■ drawn . ;.butter.. ; i
There are many small.; resorts here on the water, close to good highways in what is kno>vri as the eastern shore. They all fdce on Chesapeake Bay bra small inlet from the big water. Along the shore and on islands are military reservations, wild life; re-fiiges and state parks. Yod can sail or cruise up and down the waterway and its many inlets.
By car the most thrilling ride you will have will be crossing,Chesapeake Bay . .frorn the eastern shores to' Annapolis, . the Tliistoric state capital/, also, the honie of the, United States Naval Academy-
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-here is IVir-.mWss (11.6 kni) long .with more ; than, half of it over -salt, water. When hot crowded, ■ it takes 10 to. 12 minutes to. -cross the toll bridige,',.bdt , when traffic is heavy itcan take lip to a half .hoiir. Because yoii are high over •the water, some pepple: don't like. to, drive their own car across, and so the bridge authority has driy- : ers ori hand to talce the wheel for you. ^
Iri Annapolis, streets are liamed after royalty and ypii will seb portraits of / British: kings arid qu'eens.; The state as a Britijsh^'
colony vvas numed after (^uecn Henrietta Maria, wife ofCharlc:. 1. Their portraits hang in the governor's office in the state capitol.
.Annapolis ib a major historic centre and is .being resoncd to its appearance at the lime of the .American Revolution, lo-day's visitors can have harbor and bay cruises, while guides are available for a w-alking tour of historic spots, including St. John's College, built in 1696.
For spring and fall visit--ors there is another spectacle, the Wednesday •afteriioon parade of mid-.shipmcn of the U.S. Naval ■ Academy. It is worth seeing — with bands playing andfiags flying and ample opportunity • to take . pictures.
You can walk .Annapolis' narrow tree-shaded colonial streets, see mansions behind bid. brick walls and garden fences. Some homes date back almost 300 years. The Maryland state capitol is the oldest in the. United
' States, in use as a legi's-. iature since 1772.
Along the hills of the Patuxen't. River which flows into Chesapeake Bay are some of the old plantations'of the early settlers.■ A number of these are still-lived in and are open to ■public . visits aS '.historic , sites. One of the finest is Sotterley near the' Patu.x-.' ent.Naval Air Station, and
.the small town of Holly-wpod.,.' ' - " •
lii Oxford, right on an inietof Chesapeake Bay, is Robert Morris Inn,. one of the oldest in the country, It goes bacltto„l 735. A son of the first Robert Morris to
'., settle here became jDne of the financiers of the American Revolution.
•Reminders of British royalty and nobility are even found in the names of ■ state counties. There are Queen Annes and adjoin-
s sea
ing Talbot counties on the border of which is the old community of Wye Mills. Here amOng other historic sites is the Wye oak. the official state tree, and claitned the largest white oak in the United States. It is bel'ieved to be over 400 years old
While the seashore is the big attraction in Maryland, it's major city is Baltimore, a big seaport with many vacation attractions. Here the United States flag was designed and flown over Baltimore's Fort McHenry during the Revolutionary War. There, is a railway museum with early locomotives, passenger ca'rs and a model railroad.
Baltimore is.homeof the famous John Hopkins medical ceiitre and university:
There are other museums and art galleries and the first monument built- to. honor George Washington in'1815. . Sailboats are- everywhere on Chesapeake Bay and its inlets. Races are a daily occurrence during the summer months. If voii are .a birdwatcher, there, are wildlife refuges throughout the state "here ducks, geese, quail . and the big Canada geese (:anhe seen;
Among early settlers were'many Jews,, and s yrrag 6g u.e s abound throughout the state. The .third 61dest synagogue ih . the. United States at Lloyd .and Watson-.Sts..; Baltimore", is being restored as -a national Jewish shrine. . . :Baltimorewas the birth-' place of Hadassah founder ■Henrietta Szold,.
, There are syhgoglies -in; Arina'polis,. Baltimore.' Bethesda, Bowie, Chevy Chase,- Cu m be r 1 an d. Greenbeit.. Hagerstpwn. ' Kensingotn, ;01d .Orchard Beach in summer, Oxon' Hill, Pocpmpke,.Rockville, ' .and S ilVer Spring. Many of. these : communities- are
close to the United States capital of Washington — suburban areas for the vast army of government workers.
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TIBERIAS —
Although Netanya and Eilat have been much publicized as the resort towns of Israel. Tiberiasis farj^nore interesting historically and geographically, as well as being a superb water sports playground.
Located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, or Lake Kinneret, Israel's only fresh-water lake, Tiberias is at the foot of the Golan Heights and is dotted with ruins that date back to before the time of Christ. One of four cities holy to Judaism, it is the last resting place of Maimon-ides, Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai and Rabbi Akiva.
At Hamat Tiberias, near the hot springs, are the unearthed remains of two synagogues — one from the 3rd or 4th century and another built on top of it in the 8th or 9th century. The floor of beautiful ■ mosaic tiles bears symbols ' for the months, seasons and gods of the sun and moon, giving rise to speculation that the first synagogue was built by Hellenic Jews and then covered up to erase the signs of paganism.
Throughout the town are remnants of the Crusaders. .Free guided strolls, led by an Oldster whose family dates back several centuries in this
Buying power of Canadian $ has gone up
By JUDITH KNELMAN
The Canadian dollar may be sinking in its relar tionship to the'U.S. dollar, but .its buying power abro'ad has actually increased-over what it was last year.
Some estimates of the increase in France and Britain are as high as 25%. Just what our dollar will buy in these countries depends, of course, ' on their level of inflation as compared with our own.
In England, inflation is sky-high, and prices are so far above what they have been that it hardly pays for a Catiadian to go shopping there. Nonetheless there are bargains to be had at sale time/and sale tirnein London is as regualc and traditionalas most things British. The large depart-,ment stores, including Harrods- and ^SimpsPn's,-■can becipuhted on tp have massive clearputs in Januiary.and July. '
Price^of variety of items go down io half and' less at those sales. Other, depiartmient and spleeialty stoires gerierally arrange their sales to coincide, so that a vlsiit at these times can be counted on to be proOt-able. It is also entertaining to see crowds camped overnight aroand the block siuTOunding a store about to .have.a sale. A
Canadian unused to such a circus, atmosphere can safely wait a few days and still get in on the bargains.
In Paris the. effect of inflation has been mini-, mized by the increase in the number of francs u dollar will buy. Prices are high, but not as ,high, in our terms, as,:they w'ere. Clothing is to be enjoyed, behind glass: in this wOrld fashion capital, shoppers
, seem undaunted by high prices, and even sales don't compensate.
But. in leather goods, perfumes.and kitchenware there are good buys plu.s the excitement of buy-ing at the source. And
..the best food and wirie, for which France. is best., known, .can .be bought ' more cheaply than'. at home.' ■' '
■If Fauchon's is too heady an atmosphere, try. a neighborhoPddelicates-
.sen iri .a good area. Viri
■ ordinaire is rediculoiisly, cheap > and^ xjiiite- 'good•J^ candies arc ,works of art, and jams arid, preserves are yery,special indeed; ,
locality, fi 1 \ in t h e v i si tor as to whys and wherefores .of ihe Crusader fortresses, , ancient synagogues L and ancient, and modern cluirchps. v . -7:
:__Catching and eating the
local ^elicacjLi. St. Peter's fish, is only- cine of the water diversions available here. Facilities for water-skiing, sailing and swim-
Thermal spa
is nearby
ming ai^e provided by the hotels and the municipality.
.A word of caution, however. While the Sea of Galileee is normally very calm, at mid-day strong Kinds cascade dowh from the mountains and chum the waters with raging ferocity. This is practically a daily occurrence in the summer and comes without warning. Every' summer there have been drownings of swimmers or boaters who haven't beien aware of this danger.
The Tiberias Plaza, the largest hotel in town, offers i)leasure boat rides in the late afternoon all around the lake — a lazy and delightful way to end ' the day.
.A new hotel is,currently under construction next door to the Plaza. During cxcasaiion for the foundation, the diggers came across yet another Crusader ruin. Rather than destroy it, the builders decided to use the
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fortress as the focal point pf the lower level of the hotel. It will no doubt gain popularity in the future as the site for trendy bar mitzvah parties from the
;u.s.
There arc numerous small restaurants which serve snacks and full-, coiirse dinners. Not far from the Plaza, about a 10-minute walk, is The Chinese Restaurant, run by a Taiwanese family, which has excellent fopd.
AH. along the lake are campsites and cottages for rent. In the newer part of the city, on a cliff overlooking the city, the Tiberias Club Hotel offers accommodation and membership on a time-share plan, ship on a time-share plan. Incidentally, time-share seems to be as popular a phenomenon in Israel as it is in the rest of the world.
There ate also three youth hostels and four Christian hospices. Since Tiberias was the, place of residence of Simon the Fisherman, who became Peter in the Christian religion, and is near the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount, the area is of interest to Christians as we|l as Jews.
The nearby thermal spa centre is thfe latest addi-
tion to the facilities of the Tiberbs Hot Springs Co. The b^ths here are reported to be helpful to sufferers of respiratory tract diseases and rheumatic afflictions; »
From Tiberias, the visitor can take day trips to Safad, Kiryat Shempna, the Good Fence at Metula, neJar the border with Lebanon, and all through the Golan. Tiberias is hot aind dry in the summer and mild in winter, but the surrounding regions suffer from winter rains. It is very popular with Israielis from, spring through fall for long vacations and weekend holidays.
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