Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker.

  • Karl Baedeker
Date:
1894
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Credit: Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    xiv III. PLAN OF TOUR, c. A Fortnight in tho Orleanais, Touraine, Berry, Nivernais, and Burgundy. Days From Paris to Orlians and Dlois (R. 34) 1-1'^ From Blois to Chambord (E. 34) 1 From Blois to Amhoite and Tours (E. 34) l-l'/z Excursions from Tours to Cliinon and Lvches (E. 34) . ... I'/x-S From Tours to Chenanceaux and Dourges (E. 34) 1-2 From Bourges to Nevers (E. 54) 1 From Nevers to Autun (E. 63) 1 From Autun to Dijon (E. 63) 1 Excursion from Dijon to Besan^on (E. 45) 1 From Dijon to Auxerre and Sens (EE. 39, 38) l-l'/a From Sens to Fontainebleau and Paris (EE. 53, 62) 1 ~ 111/2^1472 d. A Fortnight in Champagne and Lorraine (the Vosges). Days From Paris to Troyes (E. 36) 1 From Troyes to Gkaumont and Langres (E. 36) 1 From Langres to Belforl and Sesangon (EE. 36, 45) l-l'/z From Besancon, via Belfort, Lure, and Aillevillers, to Plom- mres (EE.' 45, 34, 39) 1 From Plombieres to Remiremont and Bussang {St. Maurice; EE. 39, 44) 1 Ascent of the Walsche Belchen (E. 44) V2-I From St. Maurice to Epinal and Oirardmer (E. 44) I-IV2 From Gerardmer to the Schltichi and Uoheneck (E. 44) 1 From Gerardmer to Si. Bii, Luniville, and Nancy (EE. 3T, 42) l-l'/z From Nancy to Toul and Chdlons-sur-Marne (E. 18) 1 From Chalons to Epemay (or St. Hilaire-au-Temple) and liheims (]^_ gj 1-2 From Eheims to Laon or Soissons (E. 15) 1 From Laon to Soissons and Paris (E. 15), or from Soissons to Laon, Tergnier, and Amiens, to connect with Eoute a. (EE. 15,1) l-l'/z 121/2-16 The pedestrian is unquestionably the most independent of tra- veUers, and to him alone the beautiful scenery of some of the more remote districts is accessible. For a short tour a couple of flannel shirts, a pair of worsted stockings, sUppers, the articles of the toilette, a light waterproof, and a stout umbrella wiU generaUy be found a sufficient equipment. Strong and well-tried boots are essential to comfort. Heavy and complicated knapsacks should be avoided; a Ught pouch or game-bag is far less irksome, and its position may be shifted at pleasure. A more extensive reserve of clothing should not exceed the limits of a small portmanteau, which can be easily wielded, and may be forwarded from town to town by post. IV. Passports. Custom House. Octroi. Passports. These documents, though not now obligatory for British subjects or Americans, are often useful in proving the tra- veller's identity, procuring admission to museums on days when they are not open to the public, etc., and they must be shown in order to obtain delivery of registered letters. Pedestrians in a re- mote district wm often find that a passport spares them much in- convenience and delay. An English Foreign Office passport may be
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