In one of my trips about the city, I saw him driving out in his royal coach. Leaving Budapest at half-past two one afternoon, after a fine journey of five hours, I arrived in Vienna, and was accommodated at the Imperial Hotel, which was first-class in all respects.
A week was passed in Vienna. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, many think even finer than Paris, and I thoroughly enjoyed the comforts of civilization once more, all the more, no doubt, from having been partly deprived of them for so many months, as recorded in the previous pages. I called on Colonel Grant, the United States Minister, who was very polite and kind. I dined with him and his charming family, and attended a diplomatic reception given by Mrs. Grant. I also dined with the distinguished Dr. Kolish and his family, some of whom spoke excellent English, and passed a very agreeable evening with them.
Passing on to Berlin, I there saw a grand review given by the Emperor to the Prince of Wales; and from there went to Dresden, in which delightful city several days were spent, going often to the large and splendid gallery of paintings, and lingering in front of that wonderful work of art, the "Sistine Madonna." One evening I went to the Grand Opera, and one afternoon drove around and through the city. Two American young ladies were kind enough to accompany me and to point out the various objects of interest. We met the King of Saxony, driving out in a showy royal carriage.
Hamburg came next, one of the most beautiful and enterprising cities in Europe, and then Bremen, where I boarded the North German Lloyds steamer _Eider_.
Every thing about this splendid ship was so perfect that one could not suggest an improvement; the table being of extraordinary excellence. We made a quick passage, and in eight days I landed in New York, April 8, 1890, having been absent exactly seven months. The distance travelled was 27,816 miles: 18,786 by water, 9,030 by land.
Recorded from San Francisco to Cairo by Miss Roe; of Cincinnati.
MILES From New York to San Francisco 3,000 San Francisco to Yokohama 4,724 Yokohama to Tokio and return 36 Nikko, Lake Chiu, and return 253 Hankom Pass and return 115-1/2 Kamakura and Enoshima 80 Yokohama to Kobé 346 Kobé to Kioto and Osaka 152 Kobé _via_ Nagasaki to Hong-Kong 1,456 Hong-Kong to Canton and return 180 Hong-Kong to Colombo, Ceylon 3,096 N. Elliya and Kandy 270-1/2 Colombo to Madras and Calcutta 1,401 Calcutta to Darjeeling and return 740 Calcutta to Benares 475 Benares to Lucknow 202 Lucknow to Cawnpore 46 Cawnpore to Agra 160 Agra to Delhi 144 Delhi to Jeypore 101 Jeypore to Bombay 699 Bombay to Aden 1,661 Aden to Ismaïlia 1,352 Ismaïlia to Cairo 84 Memphis and return 50 Pyramids and return 16 Cairo to Alexandria 150 Alexandria to Jaffa 250 Jaffa to Jerusalem and return 68 Jerusalem to Bethlehem and return 10 Jaffa to Constantinople 1,000 Constantinople to Vienna 1,300 Vienna to Dresden 340 Dresden to Berlin 100 Berlin to Hamburg 168 Hamburg to Bremerhaven 90 Bremerhaven to New York 3,500 ------ 27,816