Smyrna times., 1892-11-30
SUMMER OF '92.
NOTES OF TRAVEL IN EUROPE,
THE PAST SUMMER, BY A
SMYRNA LADY.
SUMMER OF '92.
No 8.


icent structure in Vienna. The Park
is very extensive one saw Parlia-
ment House. This palace is very
richly Ornamented, both inside and
outside. Passed over the grand Prince
Rudolph Bridge, which spans the Dan
ube, and from which fine view of the
Alps, austrian Tyrol). Saw monu-
ment of Tegettbof, and the monument
of Empress Maria Theresa. Saw the
old and curious market place, just as it
was 300 years ago, and some of the
Exhibition buildings. Went to the
Imperial Palace of Francis |, Emperor,
to see the changing of guards.
We left Vienna with great regret; it
is very much like Paris, every house
palace in reality, with grand bOule-
wards and very wide streets. We
found Prague a very interesting old
place; arrived about P. NJ, August
9th. Started out with an excellent
guide to sec places of interest 1t is
the Capitol of Bohemia, and second
city in the Empire of Austria; 1I8
miles from Dresden. 1t has u very
remarkable Cathedral, grand though
unfinished. There is a magnificent.
immense, solid silver shrine here, of ST.
John Nepomuc, and a crystal coffin
inside of this shrine, where lie the
ashes of this priest The Palace Gar
dens and the Park are very beautiful.
The grand and very rich Abbey Of
Strahow, where we saw 10000 of th
most valuable books in the Libraries.
The handsome and cultured monk who
guided us through, seeing my admira-
tion for and interest in some of the
books, said how much pleasure it
would give him, to present me with
some of them, if it were in his power.
Visited the treasury of the Capucine
Monastery; very valuable collection of
precious stones to be seen here.
Saw Count Wallenstein's palace of
very vast extent, built 1923 by Count
Wallenstein; also the horse he rode on
at the battle Of LuCzen. Seven gen
eratiOns of Wallensteins have lived in
this palace.
Saw the Jewish quarters; all Jews
who lived in Prague were compelled to
live here, although now, many others
of the working class have their homes
here. The Jewish Cemetery is very
interesting and very old indeed. Five
layers of dead are Luried here: it has
not been used since 1880. Went to
Russian Greek Church, and to the
synagogue, built, believe, 1892. Saw
Charles " bridge, a very handsome
one.
Wednesday Aug. 10th we left Prague
for Dresden, arriving at Buden bach at
P. NJ, changed cars here and had lug
gage examined, arriving in Dresden Z
o'clock P. NJ. The next morning went
to the Royal Palace to see the
Crown jewels of SaxOny, an un-
rivalled collection; in the afternoon to
see beautiful and large display of
water colOrs, and in the evening to an
open air concert. Also went to the
world renowned picture gallery, con
tanning more than $4,000 paintings
mostly by Italian masters and MANY
Flemish. Among them was Raph@l's
famous "Sistine Madonna" his master
piece. Went to the Opera in evening,
'LOhengrin." Dresden is the Capi tai
of Saxony, 109 miles from Berlin. Its
architecture aud its art collections
have given it the name of the German
Florence"
Left Dresden for Berlin at 7 PM,
arriving at Berlin about 10 p. NJ. We
visited tho magnificent palace of Will
liam II and found rooms throughout
superb. Went to the museum and saw
paintings by VanDyck. Reubens,
Durer, Rembrandt, and many others.
Saw a number OF very handsome pal
aces. After dinner a lovely ride
"Unter den Linden" and to the Park.
We started out at an early hour
August 18th for POttsdam to visit the
palace of Frederick the Great, "Sans.
SOuci," and where he died. The
grounds are almost as beautiful as
those of Versailles, and very extern
sive. The library is very beautiful
and interesting, the walls of red cedar.
Went to the Garrison Church and
went into the vault, where are two
monuments, one of Frederick the
Great, the other of his father. Here is
a pretty little church, where at times
the royal family worship. There are
1000 soldiers in Pottsdam. Went
through Palace of William I-exterior
handsomer than many we have seen-
and then on to CharlOttenburg, Aug.
18th, where we remained in house all
of the morning, and secured good win
dOws on second floor of our Pension
in order 10 have good view of
parade.
We had a go cd lock at the Kaiser
on horseback, surrounded by his i'm
mense bodyguard, splendid body of
men, in superb white and gold uni
form. We waved our hands and
handkerchiefs and received a graceful
bow from the KAISER" He is much
younger in appearance than we sup
posed, and is very handsome.
In the evening we went to a very
fine concert, STRAUSS" The next
evening we went through the magni.
fcent Brandenburg gate into a hand
some garden, Spent little while in
the pretty little theatre in this garden,
then seated ourselves under the trees
and partook of delicious ice-cream. 1t
was like fairyland with its lovely par
terres, fountains and immense trees
, aud splendidly illuminated with color
ed lights.
We left Berlin about 8 P. NJ, August
Goth, for Frankfurt. The station here
is the largest and handsomest we have
seen--a most beautiful city. We were
delighted with the appearance Of the
/ place.