Friday, August 4, 1922 - Coblentz/Koblenz
“Left Wiesbaden at 9:30. Bought our tickets to Coblentz [Koblenz] and thought we might stop there but changed our minds and went on to Cologne. Had a fine day for the trip. Met Mr. and Mrs. Texas again. Also met some nice young boys. They had been with a party but broke away a few days before. Had been lost ever since as one expressed it. Hunted the Rhine Valley for Willie Schmity’s. Got a real thrill over the U. S. flag at Koblenz. Saw Die Lorelei, a high rocky cliff - 12 echos.
Reached Cologne about 5:30, got a taxi and started to hunt a hotel. Went to the Continental and the Dom. Finally got two small rooms at the Belgischer Hof.”
[Koblenz (also spelled Coblenz) is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutches Eck (German Corner) and its monument (Emperor Wilhelm I on horseback are situated. As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Druses about 8 BC, the town celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1992.]
[The Lorelei (German Loreley) is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea.
Lorelei is also the name of a feminine water spirit, similar to mermaids or Rhine maidens, associated with this rock in popular folklore and in works of music, art and literature.]
Saturday, August 5, 1922 - Cologne
“We started to see Cologne by visiting the Cathedral. It is a wonderful, gothic building. In some ways, nicer than the one at Milan, and in other ways not. When we came out of the church, we caught a rubberneck wagon about the city. Had a guide who talked in three languages at once. Had lunch at a wine restaurant. Visited a couple of museums before lunch.
Shopped after lunch. Went to a bank and got only 640 [marks] on the dollar. In the evening we went to a cafe - heard some nice music.”
[Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.]
Sunday, August 6, 1922 - Leipzig
“Got up at 6:00 - R. went to mass. Took the train for Leipzig [Germany] at 7:50. The twelve hour trip was uneventful - had to make one change. Reached Leipzig at 7:10 [p.m.]. Went to the Hauffe Hotel [?] - got rooms there. For once we didn’t have to hunt [for] rooms. Didn’t get a warm reception in the dining room, so we hunted up a restaurant and had supper.”
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