The American´s Hand-Book to Vienna and the Exhibition
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Excerpt from The American´s Hand-Book to Vienna and the Exhibition: Comprising All Necessary Information in Regard to Routes, Expenses, Hotels, Boarding-Houses, Postage, Moneys, Railway Fares, Steamers, Cars, Legations, &C., With Time Tables, Maps, &C This book has no pretension to enter the lists as a rival or opposition to Appleton, Murray or Baedeker, the well-known Continental Guide-Books. Its object is to be the handy guide and companion of practical information for the Tourist en route or on his arrival. Once settled at his place of destination, he will have access to fuller guides and descriptions to supplement the mere indications given in this work. It was formerly thought necessary to give copious directions to travellers for their journey, when travelling was slow, difficult and occasional; but now that rapidity, ease and frequency are in the ascendant, a few hints will suffice. First in importance to the traveller is money. A sufficient provision in any currency, or of any character, is easily convertible into current coin in any state, city or town on the continent of Europe, through bankers, money-changers and the proprietors of hotels, who will readily take and exchange moneys of almost any country. The American traveller has usually his letters of credit, which speak for themselves; otherwise, French gold or English bank-notes are the best money to take into Germany. The former circulates freely everywhere. A very little attention to the money-table of this volume will make the traveller quite master of the subject. Perhaps nowhere in Europe does money and exchange vary more than at Vienna, where the fluctuations are frequent, rapid and great. Passports used to be the great nuisance and subject of grief to the traveller. Now they are seldom asked for, but they are frequently useful to prove identity, to claim letters, and even to obtain admittance of favor to places out of the usual course. They cost little, occupy little space, and therefore had better be had. Difference of language is not as much an obstacle now as formerly. In North Germany, on the Rhine, and in the beaten track of tourists, English and French are almost universally spoken by waiters, attendants and servants, at hotels, cafes and restaurants - at Vienna not so much so. The upper classes are excellent linguists, and nearly all speak English with fluency and purity. In the commercial world French is more generally known; but at many of the places of entertainment, restaurants, cafes, &c., only German waiters are to be met with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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