Travel’ is the name of a modern dis

Travel’ is the name of a modern disease which became ram p a n t1 in the mid-fifties and is still spreading. The dis­ease — its scientific name is travelitis furiosus 2 — is carried by a germ called prosperity. Its symptoms are easily recogniz­able. The p at ient grows restless in the early spring and starts rushing about from one travel agent 3 to another collecting useless information about places he does not intend to visit; then he, or usually she, will do a round o f 4 tailors, summer sales, sports shops and spend three and a half times as much as he or she can afford; finally, in August, the pat ient will board 5 a plane, train, coach or car and proceed to foreign parts along with thousands of fellow-sufferers not because he is interested in or at tra cted by the place he is bound for,6 nor because he can afford to go, but simply because he cannot af­ford not to. The disease is highly infectious. Nowadays you catch foreign travel ra the r as you caught influenza in the twen­ties, only more so.The result is th a t in the summer months (and in the last few years also during the winter season) everybody is on the move.7 In Positano 8 you hear no Ital ian but only German (for England is not the only victim of the disease); in some French parts you cannot get along unless you speak Ameri­can; and the official language of the Costa Bravo 9 is English.What is the aim of all this travelling? Each nationality has its own different one. The Americans want to take pho­tographs of themselves in: (a) Trafalgar Square 10 with the pigeons, (b) in St Mark’s Square, Venice,11 with the pigeons and (c) in front of the Arc de Triomphe,12 in Paris, without pigeons. The idea is simply to collect documentary proof th a t they have been there. The German travels to check up on his guide-books: 13 when he sees th a t the Ponte di Rialto 14 is really at its proper venue, that the Leaning Tower 15 is in its appointed place in Pisa and is leaning at the promised •angle — he ticks these things off16 in his guide-book and re­turns home with the gratifying feeling th a t he has not been swindled. But why do the English travel?

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Travel »է անվանում է ժամանակակից հիվանդություն է, որը դարձավ
ram համահայկական t1 կեսերին հիսունական եւ դեռ տարածվող. The dis
Մարտինիկա նրա գիտական անունը travelitis furiosus 2 իրականացվում
է սերմ, որը կոչվում բարգավաճման: Դրա ախտանշանները հեշտությամբ recogniz
կարողանում: The P ժամը ient աճում անհանգիստ է վաղ գարնանը եւ սկսում է
շտապում մոտ մեկ ճամփորդական գործակալի 3 մեկ այլ հավաքման
անիմաստ մասին տեղեկությունների վայրերում նա չի պատրաստվում այցելել.
ապա նա, կամ սովորաբար նա, կարող է անել մի փուլը 4 դերձակներ, ամառային
վաճառքի, սպորտային խանութների, եւ ծախսել երեք ու կես անգամ ավելի շատ
, քանի որ նա կարող է իրեն թույլ տալ. վերջապես, օգոստոսին, ապա Pat ient կլինի
խորհուրդ 5-ինքնաթիռով, գնացքով, մարզչին կամ մեքենա, եւ անցնել օտարերկրյա
parts along with thousands of fellow-sufferers not because he
is interested in or at tra cted by the place he is bound for,6 nor
because he can afford to go, but simply because he cannot af­
ford not to. The disease is highly infectious. Nowadays you
catch foreign travel ra the r as you caught influenza in the twen­
ties, only more so.
The result is th a t in the summer months (and in the last
few years also during the winter season) everybody is on the
move.7 In Positano 8 you hear no Ital ian but only German
(for England is not the only victim of the disease); in some
French parts you cannot get along unless you speak Ameri­
can; and the official language of the Costa Bravo 9 is English.
What is the aim of all this travelling? Each nationality
has its own different one. The Americans want to take pho­
tographs of themselves in: (a) Trafalgar Square 10 with the
pigeons, (b) in St Mark’s Square, Venice,11 with the pigeons
and (c) in front of the Arc de Triomphe,12 in Paris, without
pigeons. The idea is simply to collect documentary proof
th a t they have been there. The German travels to check up
on his guide-books: 13 when he sees th a t the Ponte di Rialto 14
is really at its proper venue, that the Leaning Tower 15 is
in its appointed place in Pisa and is leaning at the promised
•angle — he ticks these things off16 in his guide-book and re­
Ստացվում է տուն հետ ուրախալի զգացումով-ին, ժամը նա չի
հափշտակել: Բայց ինչու անգլերեն ճանապարհորդության.