Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-07
European Gorrcs pOndance.

| There at5 some Alexandra families WHO
Still maintain correspondence with lhe dcscen-
| uants ot those relatives, whom their arcesto
! lett at home 10 Scotland mheu the2 mierstcd
10 Alexandria oyer cJniury ago. Il pleasant
letter OF this sort has failea into Cur hands,
when rotts the flying cf bunuic yluyg Sc,ts
woman through the c0ntipsat. and we give it
| almost cni!e. The letter is dated pear Laurols
Cragmore, Scotland, Christmas, 1879, Attcr
some family matters the letter proceeds, 1--WE
mad rlc,ntly as our guest q most pleasant
French lady, the wife Of tho captain of O.
French man Of war. We spent pleasant day
on board his vessel before they left the Firth
of FORTH
''On lcGVIeg New Mairs spent few DAYS
with my sunls il Edinburgh before ioinif
pai mamma aud Nelio at Elsrrogate. 1t IS
very gay pitc,; so VIZ had lively tine for
about thrco weeks. We met good mapy &C.
qual0taLc,s there, which added CONSIDERABLE
10 our enjoyment.
"papa and lspent astJ uno on the Continent.
We Went hr5t to Paris, whcro We we're inclined
TO IIngor; there is s. much to see, especially as
II was my first visit to that delightful city. We
spont onc moonlight night driving in the Bois
dc BOuogno, where VIC found mapy others.
WHO, like ourselves, had been tempted cut by
the beauty Of the night We devoted 90 en-
tire day to Versailles and tho Trianous
can well understand Mario Autoinetlo'a love
Tor The latter, which is a most charming re.
treat. 1t must have been such relief to leave
the pomp and etiquette Of Court IF, behind
her Tor while. GOing through Tho Louvre
We were charmed With the celebrated Venus
DO NJ l.. 1t is grtc, ptrsouifcd. l corli not
help wishing that you, who s. thoroughly ap.
Drtclate ECU Dture, had been with US. D. you
remember admiIlng group 10 tho hotel par
Ior? You thought the expression cf tho girls
lace was so good.
Munich, our next point. is also rich
10 oil treasures Tho Corpus Christi
festival was celebrated during cur visit,
80 VIC had an opportunity OF hearing sacred
music 10 perfection. We spent a good while
IN going from orc church to the other. for mass
seemed to bo going on all day. Tho King of
Bavaria is passionately fond of music, which is,
consequently, highly cultivated in bis capital.
The country Wo passed through between
Munich, Sa!zburg and Lirz is exceedingly pic.
turesque; indeed, our route was chosen for tho
beauty OF the scenery. From Lrz VIC qailod
down the Danube to Vienna. The points Which
Interested mo most wcIc PockIain, where, ac>
crdiDg to the legend, Rudigcr, ono Of the
herocs OF Ribelungcn. Lied. entertained Chriem,
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