When I awoke this morning, it was raining, and it has rained ever since. I took the electric car over to Dusseldorf, a 20 minutes ride which took me across the beautiful Rhine Bridge build in 1896–98, which spans the … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: Hermann’s out fishin’ . . . well, more likely eating and napping, definitely not writing today.

My dear boy: I certainly had a hard time to get away from Neuss. They wanted us to stay over Sunday, and we all wanted to stay, but I had made all arrangements for our reception at Bremen and, besides, … Continue reading →