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Letter From Europe Details Glarious Swiss Tour Ordeal
In a long travel letter dated August 1892 the writer recalls a Swiss and Italian itinerary starting at Giessbach falls, Interlaken, Berne, Locarno Milan and Venice. She describes glacier views, gondola rides on the Grand Canal, a bear feeding, a silver shrine in Milan, and mosquitos at a hotel. The narrative notes humorous miscommunications with guides and lively impressions of European sights.
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Geanp Hotet
Hidelberg
Mamma
L. Lippert
Putnam County
Ill
Lake Lucenseno
Giessbach Falls
Grundelwald
Glacier
Grace
Paul
London
Papa
Alice
Chace
Continental Hotel
Frankfort
Interlaken
Berne
Switzerland
Henry Republican
Lucerne
Italy
Locarno
Milan
Ocarno
Mili
Mia Loring
Milan Cathedral
Venice
Grand Canal
Canal