European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18the stars and stripes wednesday May 21.1986 column today s crossword Rig is. Early saturday morning the president left los Art a Cluj for Honolulu. He was greeted by the governor George Ariyoshi. A military band and troops he had to inspect. Who wants to go to a Lovely place like Hawaii to meet the governor and inspect troops. Sundry the president was scheduled to work on his Washington papers. 1 Hope he was Able to get out a Little on the Beach. Monday morning he headed for Guam. After an 11 hour night he arrived in Guam and did some More Greet ing speaking and troop inspecting. It was tuesday by then. An hour and a half after the ceremonies he took off for Bali. / / it was tuesday night by the time he got in Bali and it was another Airport ceremony with president Suharto. They went by motorcade to a Hole on the Beach. Wednesday in Bali he schedule said he had All Day to work on his Washington papers at the nusa dim Beach hotel. It sounds As if he Only got to look at the Beach out the window. Thursday president Reagan had More meet Ings. Was this trip fun so far. Friday he flew to Tokyo and went to the Imperial suite in the Okura hotel. I checked the hotel with a travel agent in new York. U would Cost you about s2.ioo a night to slay in the Imperial suite so it must be Nice. It has two bedrooms. This official itinerary did t say who. Was in the other bedroom maybe they just kept it free in Case they invited friends to spend the night with them while they re in Tokyo. Presidents make strange bedfellows. During the next five Days president Reagan had to meet with foreign officials make speeches go to official dinners attend receptions for Heads of state and probably Nave he picture taken eating with chopsticks. All 1 can say is better him than me. The trl Bilm Tala Strelch there Lime when it s More apparent what is terrible Job being president or the United states is limn when he president is travelling in u foreign country. Have a copy of president Reagan s itinerary for his recent Par eos trip in front or me Friday he left the while House by helicopter at 8 35 . And arrived at Andrews fab is Miles away 10 minutes later. Air Force one was All revved up and by 8 50, the president s plane was in the air. So fir so Good. If i could leave my House gel to the Airport Park get my hags checked go through Security have my ticket taken Board and take off All within 15 minutes. I d travel More often usually a though Lii pro Cess takes three hours. It often takes longer to get from Home to the Airport and Check in than it does to Fly to where you re going. The president arrived at the us Angeles Airport five hours later and was whisked a president is always whisked to the Century Plaza hotel near Beverly Hills. There a reception was held for him at 5 30 . Do you think going to that reception was what the president Felt most like doing then keep in mind Ronald Reagan was Home. He was in what is broadly known us this is where he lived and loved and worked for most of his life. He has fond memories. He owned a Home about a mile Tram the Hole he stayed in. Did he get to drive by his old House did he visit a old neighbor did lie go Over to see the studios where he used to work the chances Are he was unable to do any of those things. You Don t Lake that presidential entourage with All its secret service attachments Tor a casual Lour of your old neighbourhood. Every president should own one Good disguise thai would enable him to leave his suite looking like a waiter or a visiting foreign Diplomat so that the press would t recognize and follow him. What we Aren f doing this summer Byart Birchwale this is the Best year we be had for not going to Europe in a Long Long Lime. It s even better for those who weren t going there in the first place. The reason is it is now very Chic to say you re staying Home. Last sunday i overheard the following comments at a party. Gloria and 1 have cancelled our plans to go to Venice because of terrorism Sherman said. Davidov said we cancelled All of Scandinavia because of the soviet fallout. Too bad because we could have met up with each "1 think terrorism is a belter excuse not to go to Europe Clinton piped up. You never know where it s going to strike Lincoln told us we have a better reason than either terrorism or fallout. We re not going because of the French. When they would not let our fighter planes Fly Over France i said to Myra that does it. Snatch puris and the Riviera Arch Trintje said we re not going because our Chi Dren begged us not to go. They said they would t be Able to enjoy their summer if they knew we were touring abroad. Ordinarily we Don t let our children Tell us what. To do but we made an exception for this trip to sum teem was holding a hot dog in fits hand. I was t going this year because everyone else was. Now that no one s going i m telling everybody i cancelled because i did t want to a Over there alone. I tried to bring some sense to the discussion. If you Don t go the other Side will feel they have won the you mean the russians who let their nuclear Plant melt Down outside Kiev no i mean the terrorists who have been trying to drive All the americans out of Europe. Your Job is to show them you Are not Why do you say your Job instead of our Job ,. Since was t planning to go in the first place i have no reason to cancel. The Way i see it the american tourist who was planning to go to Europe should till go if for no other reason than to show the Flag like in the song Over there Over there Send the word Send the word Well be there.",it s easy for you to say we should go because we re the ones who have to take the fallout. You know Why i m not going to Europe while said not because of terrorists or nuclear accidents but because the Dollar has lost a third of its value and you can t get bargains anymore i can handle it nuke Accident and terrorism but i fall apart when i can1 get a decent rate for my traveler s John Haskell who has always been a travel name drop per said let me Tell you the places we re not going this year the Villa d Esle in Italy the Palace in St. Moriz the grand hotel do Cap on the Riviera the Ritz in Madrid and Claridge s in London now let me Tell you the restaurants we there is too much defeatist talk at Thil party i said. The russian Are laughing in Kiev at our panic. The terrorists Are gloating in Libya and tax Drivers front Dublin to Budapest Are slashing their wrist because americana Are cancelling their trips. Arc we going to spend the entire summer sitting around telling each other where we did t go this summer i ant said sum teen. 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