. Book of the Royal blue . awl III VIEWS OF DRESDEN Heidelberg, one of the most beautifully sit-uated towns in Europe, we got a glimpse ofGerman student life and visited the ancientcastle, a masterpiece of German renaissancearchitecture. We wanted to stay a week,but, having devoted an extra day to theRhine, had to hurry on, for Strassburgsnoble cathedral and its numerous ancienthouses richly deserve a visit of at least oneand a half days. The two weeks in Switzerland are everto be remembered as the most glorious of necessary shortness of our stay. Four weeksshould be devoted to the route we fo
. Book of the Royal blue . awl III VIEWS OF DRESDEN Heidelberg, one of the most beautifully sit-uated towns in Europe, we got a glimpse ofGerman student life and visited the ancientcastle, a masterpiece of German renaissancearchitecture. We wanted to stay a week,but, having devoted an extra day to theRhine, had to hurry on, for Strassburgsnoble cathedral and its numerous ancienthouses richly deserve a visit of at least oneand a half days. The two weeks in Switzerland are everto be remembered as the most glorious of necessary shortness of our stay. Four weeksshould be devoted to the route we followed. Four days in Munich, which richly de-served two weeks, simply flew. Duringthe mornings we visited its famous galleries,among the finest in the world; drives tothe park or the beautiful environs of the cityoccupied the afternoons, and the eveningswere devoted to the celebrated Hofbrau-haus and the opera. Nuremberg is more medieval in appear-ance than any other city of Germany. We 10 ONE HUNDRED DAYS RESPITE. H1LUP:SHEIM-BANQUET hall in the IIATHAUS (TOWN HALL) fortunately saw it during full moon, whenits ancient streets are even more romanticthan when seen by daylight. Gazing fromone of the old bridges over the Pegnitz,one feels transported into the Middle Agesand easily realizes the every-day life of theold German burghers. We traveled to Dresden via Prague, soas to have at least a glimpse of the ancientcapital of Bohemia, and at Bodenbach em-barked on an Elbe steamer for a delightfultrip through the heart of Saxon Dresden we again reveled in art andmusic. Its magnificent buildings and richcollections are deservedly celebrated, whilethe picture gallery rivals those of Berlin andParis as one of the most complete in theworld. An inspection of the Albrechtsburgand Royal Porcelain Manufactory at Meis-sen, where we bought several pieces ofDresden china for friends at home, alsoproved interesting. In arranging our itinerary we took careto leave Berlin until the
Size: 1774px × 1408px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbaltimoreandohiorailr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
