. Little journeys abroad . as the little CafeRobby in Hanover. How pleasant it wasto sit there in the winter afternoon with 128 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. our embroidery, and watch through thewide glass windows of the octagonal littlebuilding the elite of Hanover, — officers,ladies, professors, opera-singers, — passingalong the Georg Strasse. There weused to read the English papers, which wesaw nowhere else ; and often, just beforegoing to the opera, we stopped at thebright, cheery, business-like little place forcoffee and Kitchen. I fear our transat-lantic memories are forever connected witheati
. Little journeys abroad . as the little CafeRobby in Hanover. How pleasant it wasto sit there in the winter afternoon with 128 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. our embroidery, and watch through thewide glass windows of the octagonal littlebuilding the elite of Hanover, — officers,ladies, professors, opera-singers, — passingalong the Georg Strasse. There weused to read the English papers, which wesaw nowhere else ; and often, just beforegoing to the opera, we stopped at thebright, cheery, business-like little place forcoffee and Kitchen. I fear our transat-lantic memories are forever connected witheating, for our first question, on arriving ina new place, was for the name of the bestConditor, Patissier, or Pastry-cook, all incapital letters, such importance did theyassume in our minds. Happy, too, are the souvenirs of theGerman Cremerie in Geneva. After along walk of some miles along the shoreof the lake, or an excursion to Coppet orFerney, what more acceptable than a cupof chocolate, a glass of milk, or a bottle of. i * A GERMAN WAITRESS. IDLE MOMENTS IN GERMAN CAF^S. 131 Swiss wine at the Cremerie ? Of papers,only the Fliegende Blatter was to be foundthere, and on the little side street therewas no view from the windows; but properGenevese ladies came there, and younggirls studying in Geneva, and elderly Eng-lish gentlemen, and sometimes a couple ofGerman officers temporarily in Geneva forthe purpose of learning French. It wasvery quiet, restful, and orderly in the Cre-merie, and there we could sit and discussthe last opera or the latest sensation, orpractise conversational German by chat-ting with the young girls in attendance. Having an hour or two in Leipsic, wespent some of our time in a cafe, andbeing midday, we ordered bifteck, sculat,and beer. We had accepted our cab-drivers recommendation to the best res-tauration in Leipsic, yet as opinions differon cafes as on other matters, it was withdubious satisfaction that we entered the 132 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. garde
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