Thursday, July 27, 1922 - Nüremberg
“We broke the news to L. and R. this morning that we were going on to Nüremberg. They were somewhat surprised, but didn’t blame us at all. We left at 11:50 and reached here at 3:30 [p.m.].
Had an uneventful journey. Sat with some English people on the train. When we reached Nüremberg, we went to the Bombergerhof Hotel, where they had just one room left - it was not overly clean or pleasant. Had dinner there. Ordered soup, steak and potatoes. Cost about 20 cents apiece. After supper, we looked around for another hotel. Went over to the Grand - it was full, but the man said he might be able to give us a couple of rooms for tomorrow night. Then we stopped in at a cafe where we ate ice cream and listened to the music. It rained hard in the afternoon, but was pleasant this evening. I murdered a flea before retiring.”
Friday, July 28, 1922 - Nüremberg
“W. woke up with a bed bug bite. That made us decide to move if we could get rooms elsewhere. We went over to the Grand for breakfast - had ham and eggs, tasted good. They had two vacant rooms - one with a bath. Both were very pleasant and we decided to take them.
Went through the museum then went back to the hotel and checked-out. Told them the rest of our party had rooms at the Grand and we wanted to be with them. The porter carried our stuff over and here we are. Went through the National Museum. It is quite different from the French or Italian museums or art galleries. At 3:30 we went over to the station to meet the girls. They had met up with two young Englishmen on the train. Had highly interesting times with the young Germans the night before. Love at first sight and in a foreign land is exciting, to say the least. Went for a walk, then had dinner and went to bed. W., R., and L. all indulged in baths. I washed my clothes and did a little pressing.”
[The Germanisches Nationalmuseum contains art from pre- and ancient history up to present time. It describes itself as “the largest museum of cultural history within the German-speaking region and one of the most outstanding museums in the world”.]
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