Hostel Friendships
As a not-quite-sixtyish woman who has stayed in “youth” hostels from San Francisco to Istanbul, I add my applause to Arthur Frommer’s recommendations (“Hostels Serve Young, Young at Heart,” On a Budget, Aug. 11). Hostels provide inexpensive lodging and unique opportunities to expand cultural horizons.
The hostel at Ft. Mason in San Francisco has a kitchen, where my new hostel friends and I prepared an Italian meal. Not only was it delicious, but it also allowed me to introduce my international dining companions to a San Francisco delicacy: sourdough bread.
RUTH KRAMER ZIONY
Los Angeles
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