I arose at 8 o’clock and took my early morning walk in the garden picking pears from the trees. It was raining, and so we stayed at home, and I attended to some correspondence. In the afternoon, the son of my old teacher, Prof. Bettex, called for me and, together, we walked to his home,…

A beautiful clear day, we arose at 6:30 and took a steamer at 8:35. I bought a 300 kilometer ticket as we intended to spend as much time as possible on the lake. We crossed the lake to Dingelsdorf and recrossed to the Unteruhldingen, then we crossed again to the isle of Mainau, formerly the…

We were delighted to receive a letter from you this morning, and it seems that our enjoyment of the day is always greater after we have had news from you. I wrote a good bit this morning and, afterwards, we took a walk around town. We went to the old Rathaus. (Don’t you get tired…