We arose at 6 o’clock and, at 8, the “Facchino” called for our grips and found us a nice place in the train. We also had good company, a young man and his mother from California, who were fellow passengers on the Barbarossa, Grace and Miss M. came, too, and got into the car before…

We arrived at 14:35, and we were taken to this hotel, which is a very good one. After washing up, we went to Cooks, and I found there a letter from Prof. Stroeter inviting us to make his house our home while in Wernigerode. I bought some pretty white lilacs for Mama, and after that…

We hired a cab, and I took Mama and Emily to Mrs. Morris. While they stayed with her, I went to the San Marco, an old monastic church founded in 1290. Adjacent to the church is the Monastery of San Marco, once far famed, to which was suppressed in 1869. It was decorated with charming…