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 Great Travels
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Taxi Faro: taxi faros in Madrid and Barcelona operate under unbelievably low tariffs. You can ride a considerable distance for a dime. In Barcelona, the taxi faro man is authorized to charge 1 peseta more than the meter says, so don't think he is cheating even by that minuscule sum. Spanish taxi faro men don't cheat. They are caballeros, even as you and I.
Tips on Tipping Spanish hotels and restaurants add 15 per cent for servicio, but you may wish to give a little extra personally. This is more often expected in luxury hotels than in modest ones.
It was fascinating, and to me very novel, to proceed by taxi faro from my hotel to Brussels' heliport, almost in the center of the metropolis, seat myself for • coffee in the heliport's helibar and wait for my seven-passenger 'copter, waftii from the city's big Melsbroek Airport to a little plot beside the heliterminal.
An exploratory prowl of this kind can do a lot as a foil for the elegant features of the big city. After you have flagged a taxi faro to take you away from the whole strident area, you'll settle down in some lively sidewalk cafe or cheerful horchateria and will find it wonderful "to be back."
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