Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II HAVRE TO PARIS 131 Miles If the motorist has shipped his car ahead and consigned it to either of the express companies he should find everything in readiness to leave Havre shortly after his arrival. There are delays sometimes because of the owner’s carelessness. On one occasion, although my car was sent on a cargo steamer a week before I sailed myself, it had not been passed through the custom house because I forgot to send the keys. Without the keys the officials could not open the tool box nor the empty suit case trunk. What they expected to find in either, I never knew. Havre is the second sea port of France and is essentially a commercial city. It is given scant attention by tourists, who usually arrive by the channel boats or the steamers of the French Line Havbe ? Hotel Fraseati, R. 6 and up; P. D. 1.50; Dej. 5; D. 6; wine extra. Hotel Tortoni (good), R. 5 to T; P. D. 1.50; Dej. 4; D. 5; chfr. 7. Mechanicians, Garage Maillard, 199 Boul. de Strasbourg; Garage Molon, Rue de la Bourse. American Express Co., 48 Qua! d'Orleans. Adams Express Co., 51 Quai d'Orleans. and step from the ship into the train for Paris. If, however, the motorist should be delayed here, he will find Havre and its environs not uninteresting. Back of the city is the Cote d'Ingouville reached by a cable railway from the rue Giistave Flaubert. A stunning view is disclosed from the hill top, with the town at one’s feet and the busy harbour beyond. An elaborate system of docks has helped to give Havre its maritime importance and a half hour can be spent profitably in watching one of the big transatlantic steamers being manoeuvred through the locks and basins. There is excellent sea bathing at Ste. Addresse and a climb up the chalk cliffs to the light houses of La Heve is rewarded by anot…