Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-11-11
CRAMER WRITES OF
SCENES In FOREIGN LANDS

DAM, NOV. 24.-Ed1tOr Courier:
Again we are on the broad Atlantic,
with a good swell on, but calm sea
ESQ the sailors call it), nothing in
sight but few sea gulls and the
smoke of a steamer that passed us
at some distance We left Rotter-
dam two days ago. Had good wealth
er through the Channel and a fine
view of the Lizard and the Scilly is
lands, the last land till we see the U.
S. A. We have had time to get over
the excitement Of the departure and
have settled down to the regular
routine Of life aboard ship, and, as
our thoughts turn back to the places
and scenes Of the past summer,
will send you an account Of our fur
ther travels on the continent,
taking you first on a journey down
the Rhine.
Leaving Velp in the early morning
of a pleasant day in September, we
soon reached Emmerlch, where the
German custom officers examined
our baggage From there our ride
was through varied scenes, here farm
land In a high state Of cultivation,
there a bit of wood land, orchards
we'll laden with fruit, towns and
cities, till we reach Cologne on the
Rhine, beautiful city Of half mil
lion people. From there the scenery
gradually changed, hills appearing
on either side OF the river. The hills
kept getting higher and higher, un-
til, after several fine views OF the
Rhine, we reached Bingenbruck, our
destination. Finding no hotel bus
and being told It was only short
distance we walked on, and on, and
when we reached the Victoria hotel
at Blngen, we had made full mile.
Fortunately, we ran across a man
who wanted to carry our suit case
(which was heavy and he thanked
us most kindly when I paid him a
half mark (12 cents). The view from
our room in the hotel was one long
to be remembered. Below us the
Rhine, one Of the busy thoroughfares
OF western Germany. Across the river
terraced vineyards up, up, up to the
very top; while rising above the
mountain Is the Niederwald Denk-
NAL the German national monu-
ment. On the left, with vineyards
all around, II rises Ehrenfels, the
ruin OF large castle, and on the
right the town OF Rudesheim, with
many quaint buildings, Crossing by
ferry to Rudeshelm, a pleasant walk
along the river brought us to the
cog railway to the Denkmal. As we
ascended vineyards were on both
.C;otH Of us as far as the eye could
.a.,, The view OF the Rhine and
,v"V"' ,,, " seen from the Denkmal,
Blngen, as - Ia, .. ;.
is grand while tlfe0 tASo'slfEEs'SSL -
self Is well worth a visit from the
tens of thousands Of travellers who
annually Journey along Europe's
most picturesque river
Next morning I awoke to the tune
OF the patterlng rain, but II was on
~ scare, os It proved to be only
light shower the remainder Of the
day giving us bright sunshine. After
walking through Blngen and climb
ing to Schloss Klopp Ca castle trans
formed into city museum, and sur
rounded by park from where we
had a good view of the quaint archl-
lecture of the buildings Of Bingen,
we returned In time to take one Of
the fast steamers 10 ROlandseck II
is difficult to describe the fascination
there is about the Rhine. The seen
cry along the Hudson Is Just as pret-
~, that along the Columbia has n
grandeur far beyond anything found
on the Rhine. and yet from the time
we passed the beautiful castle OF
Rhenstelu until We left the steamer
at Rolandseck We were charmed
with the vine-clad hills, the castles,
many ruins OF castles and the Lorelei,
immortaliled In song while almost
constantly village, town or city was
In sight, linking the present to the
past The camera was In such de.
mand on the Rhine that deemed Il
wise TO replenIsh my stock OF films.
and not being able to secure any at
Rolandseck, | was directed TO Hon
net a town across the river, Cross
Ing In a little gasoline motor ferry,
We walked about q mile along the
highway with many fruit trees grow
ing along t. and came TO a very In
terestlug town We made some pur-
chases besides the films and, as my
knowledge " the German language
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