We spent the morning at home writing and, at 4 o’clock, we went with Mr. Burkhardt and Hanna to the Bürgerpark. There we sat at the Cafe on the Emma See and listened to the music of the Bremer Military Band. It is interesting to see the Bremen ladies, how they flock around here. They…

Shopping and bought a steamer trunk as we cannot possibly pack our things into the four suit cases. I am glad that the matter has been settled. I forgot to mention that we visited the Dom (Cathedral) the other day. This Romanesque edifice was begun in the 11th century and greatly altered in the 13th.…

Time flies. I heard of the old German Methodist preachers, Rev. Geerdes Odinga, who studied under Father in the fifties. He is 77 years old and was glad to see me. I took my seat in the church next to Elise Kiel, our old seamstress, and her face was a study when I sat down…