This morning I was kept busy writing, and Mama and I took a walk through the village. It is a pleasure to walk through a German village, the old houses look so neat with the vines or trees trained up the walls, and the new houses are built very prettily. We have decided to stay…

At 11 o’clock, the carriage called, and Joseph, Aennchen, Emily and I rode up to the Brod baude. These “Baude“ are similar to our block houses. In the large room, they have one of these immense tile stoves which sometimes has to be heated in summer, as it is cold up high when the sun…

The happy days have passed and we have to prepare for our departure. We have been treated with so much love and attention that it is hard for us to part, and we have persuaded cousin Josef to let Aennchen go with us to Dresden to stay until Saturday. She is a dear young lady,…