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LXXVI Friday, Sept. 16. This morning we got a courier and started out to see the city.  We drove all about.  The city is beautiful, the streets lovely.  Unter den Linden one of the principal streets is very wide and…

LXXV Thursday, Sept. 15 We left Cologne at 8.35 this morning, and after a twelve hour ride reached Berline Berlin where we are staying at the Central Hotel.

LXXIII Tuesday, Sept. 13. Father went on an early train this morning to Crefeld, and we have spent the day wandering about the city.  We went through the Cathedral, a magnificent building.  It is almost as large as York Minster,…

LXXII Monday, Sept. 12. Early this morning we visited the Diamond factory, where the diamonds are cut and polished.  It was very interesting.  At half past ten we left Amsterdam for Cologne, and after a long tho’ not very tedious…

LXXI Sunday, Sept. 11 As it would be impossible for us to understand the service should we go to church, we have spend [sic] the day in writing letters and making up back work in our journals.

LXX Saturday, Sept. 10 It rained hard all this morning, so we spent the time in the Hotel waiting and watching for the trunk which failed to appear.  In the afternoon we visited the Ryks Museum and saw many paintings…

LXIX Friday, Sept. 9, ‘87 We left Antwerp this morning at half past nine for Amsterdam, reaching the latter place at three in the afternoon.  This ride was by far the dirtiest one we have ever taken as well as…

LXVI Thursday, Sept. 8 Securing a courier, we started out this morning to see Antwerp.  We went first to the Cathedral, where we attended mass.  It was very interesting.  After service we went about the Cathedral, the only one in…

LXV Wednesday, Sept. 7 We left Canterbury at 10.16 o’clock this morning for Dover, reaching there about noon.  After many struggles to find the right boat, we started to cross the Channel to Ostend.  It was a four hours sail,…