Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

Now that the excitement consequent on the opening of the Crystal Palace has in some degree subsided and curiosity to a certain extent satisfied, we are enabled to obtain more lu...

Let me tell you of a charming trip which we have had this week to Chepstow Castle and its neighborhood. We have told you all about the beautiful scenery of Clifton, and the Hot...

It was a fine, clear morning when we started for Windsor by railroad, a distance of twenty-one miles. The country is fine; but our thoughts were on the castle. At Slough we took...

We had no more pleasant day in our excursion than from Cologne to Coblentz. It would be long before I grew tired of the scenery at that fine old place. We walked about, in the e...

We have again arrived at this charming city, and hope to pass a few pleasant days, which will be chiefly devoted to purchases of clothing and some of the beautiful articles whic...

We are staying in one of the most romantic and beautiful spots that I ever had the pleasure to visit. The population is seventeen thousand, and on the increase. It is the favori...

It is but twelve days since we parted, and yet we are actually in the old world, and the things which we have so often talked over on the rock-bound shore are really before me....

Our stay here at our present visit will be several days longer than we expected. We have to get clothing and various articles which can be obtained here to more advantage than i...

We are strangely favored with weather; every day is fine; and we begin to think that the climate has been abused, for we have had an uninterrupted spell of bright, sunny weather...

This has been a great day for enjoyment, and has made us all in love with Paris. We have seen, this morning, that which has pleased me more than all else I have looked at in Eur...

Yesterday we visited the two great ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis,--St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey,--and I will endeavor to convey to your mind some idea...

I assure you we felt sorry to leave Antwerp; it is such a thoroughly fine old place, has so much of old Spanish history still bound up with its present aspect, and is so decided...

The fine weather, and the advantage of having pleasant company, has induced us to leave Paris and pursue our journey, leaving many things to see in the great metropolis when we...

I know how curious you are to hear all about the royal exhibition, so I shall do my best to give you such an account of our visits to it as may enable you to get a bird's eye vi...

In company still with our friends from Bristol on a wedding tour, we took the rail for Antwerp. The arrangements of the railroad in Belgium seem to me as perfect as they can be...

It was on the Rhine that we all wanted you with us, and other friends, too, who were far away. This is no common, every-day stream, but one whose name and renown have been assoc...

The story goes that Mr. Webster, when he first arrived in London, ordered the man to drive to the Tower. Certainly we boys all wanted to go there as soon as possible. I do not t...

I like this city very much--every one seems so happy out of doors. Not only the poor, but the wealthy, are fond of the open air; and a great deal of time is spent in the gardens...

We are, through the goodness of Providence, safely returned. We had a good voyage, in a capital ship, and under the charge of as good a captain as ever sailed the ocean. Our pas...

George has said his say about the Tower, he tells me; and I assure you it was a time that we shall often think of when we get back. On our return, the doctor proposed that we sh...

You have so often expressed a desire to see the fine cathedral churches and abbeys of the old world, that I shall not apologize for giving you an account of them; and as they ar...

As we had a few days to spare before the exhibition opened, we proposed to run down to Bristol and Bath, and pass a week. We took the Great Western train first-class ears, and m...

Well, we have fairly commenced our travel, and yet I can scarcely realize the fact that I am here in Old England, and that, for some months at least, I shall be away from home a...

In order that we might enjoy an opportunity to hear the great organ at Harlem to advantage, Mr. Folsom advised us to spend a Sabbath day there, which we did, in company with his...

Well, this looks like the back track; and here we are at the Adelphi, ready to take our passage in the noble Atlantic, which is as good as new again, and will sail on the twenty...

James's long letter gave you a pretty correct view of our passage from Coblentz to Frankfort. You will recollect that we went up the Rhine, which gave us more time to look about...

After passing a day or two in a general view of the city, and making some preliminary arrangements for our future movements, we all called upon Mr. Lawrence, the minister of our...

We took the cars from Strasburg in the afternoon for this place. The distance is eighty-six miles; and, owing to some twenty way stations, we were nearly five hours on the rail;...

Clifton and the Hot Wells are the suburbs of this city, extending along for a mile or two on the banks of the Avon. One mile below the city the Avon passes between the rocks whi...

We are just returned from a most pleasant visit to Sir John Soane's Museum. This gentleman was an architect, and a most determined antiquary; and when he died he left his wonder...

Does it not seem strange that I am here in London? I can hardly tell what to write about first. I stand at the door of our hotel and look at the crowds in the streets, and then...

On a fine morning we left London, by rail, for Dover, in company with the Rev. Dr. Murray, of New Jersey, and Dr. Chetwood, who made quite a pleasant addition to our party. On r...

We had a pleasant time from Paris to Calais; and here we determined to pass a day, and look at a city which has been so celebrated both in the history of France and England. We...

We have been to dine at the Palais Royal, at the _Trois Freres Provencaux_, of which I suppose the boys have told you; and I shall only speak about the fine building, so renowne...

Ever since we reached London, I have wanted to go to Woolwich, the great naval arsenal and dockyard, because I expected I should obtain a pretty good idea of the power of the Br...

The next morning after reaching this fine, but queer city, we called on the American consul, and he gave us a very friendly reception. He is quite a young man, but seems to be f...

I like this city very much--it is so clean. The buildings in the upper part of the town are new, and in pleasant contrast to the lower portion, which looks so very old. I think,...

O, we have had a noble treat; and how I longed for your company, as we spent hour after hour in the British Museum. The building is very fine, but the inside--that is every thin...

What shall I tell you about Westminster Abbey? I hope I may be able to say enough to make you long to see it, and determine you to read all you can about it. By the way, I have...

All round London there are the most exquisite villages or towns, full of charming retreats, boxes of wealthy tradesmen, and some very fine rows of brick and stone residences, wi...

I believe the lads have told you what they have seen in Belgium; and as they are just now busily employed, I shall endeavor to tell you our doings and enjoyments for the last da...

We left Basle on a bright morning, at six o'clock, having places in the _coupe_ of the diligence for Berne, a distance of seventy-six miles. We took this route in order to enjoy...

I am thoroughly tired out with a day at Waterloo; and, though I should be glad to retire at an early hour, yet, as to-morrow's mail takes all letters for the next steamer, we ar...

We have been here with the doctor's friends for several days, and had a most delightful time. Nothing can be more kind than their attentions to us; and the young men--I wish you...

One evening this week we spent very pleasantly at the Royal Polytechnic Institution for the advancement of the arts and sciences in connection with agriculture and manufactures....

On a fine morning we rode over to the Jardin des Plantes, accompanied by Mr. R----, whose long residence has made him very familiar with this lovely spot. I think we all looked...

We have had one of the most agreeable days that I have spent in England. We received a kind invitation from his excellency Baron Vanderweyer, the Belgian minister, to attend a p...

No one comes to London without being told by every one to go and see the parks; so we have been to see these fine breathing places. Hyde Park is about four hundred acres, and ha...

This morning, as we were taking a very comfortable breakfast at the coffee-room of our hotel, and as I was reading Galignani's daily paper, I found a person at the next table ad...

Yesterday we went to the Cirque, in the Champs Elysees. It is a very large building, with sixteen sides, and behind is another spacious one for the horses. The intention of the...

We have while at Bristol made two journeys to Bath, and I am sure we are all of opinion that it is the most elegant city we ever saw. A great deal of its beauty is owing to the...

I have not written you for some time. But today I have seen a number of things which I am sure you would be pleased with, and so I will tell you about them. Early in the morning...

We started from Geneva in the diligence for Dijon, a long drag of one hundred and twenty miles. The weather was oppressively hot, and certainly the roads could not well be more...

Long before we entered this city, we obtained a fine view of its great glory, the Cathedral spire. What an object! It does not seem as if hammer and chisel had had any thing to...

I have just arrived at this place, and have found my companions on hand, all ready for the commencement of the long-anticipated voyage. We regret the circumstances which render...

Hotel de Cluny; History, Associations, Interior, wonderful Contents.--Julian's Palace of the Baths.--Mr. George Sumner.--Church of St. Sulpice.--Statuary.--Ecclesiastical Founta...

Windsor Castle; its History.--Interior of the Palace.-- Pictures.--Waterloo Chamber.--St. George's Chanel.--Royal Tombs.--Edward IV.--Henry VIII.--Charles I., Discovery of his B...

Dock Yards at Antwerp.--Steamboat Passage on the Scheldt.--Dort.--Lost Villages.--Bergen op Zoom.--Van Speyk.--Rotterdam.--Erasmus.--Delft. --Hague.--Hon. George Folsom; his Kin...

Mountain Scenery.--Hotel Gibbon.--Episcopal Church.--Signal.--Hotel de Ville, and its kind Inhabitants.--Cathedral; its History.--Steamboat to Vevay.--Castle of Chillon.--St. Ma...

Passage Home in the Steamer Atlantic.--Claims of the Collins Line.--Lessons taught by Travel in other Lands.--Our Comforts.--Excellent Character of many of the English Nobility....

Fine Equipages.--Appearance of the Palace.--Walk through the Exhibition.--American Contributions.--Greek Slave, &c.--Mediaeval Court.--Kohinoor Glass Window.--Austrian Furniture...

Coblentz.--The Moselle.--Excursion to Stolzenfels.--Curiosities.--Fine View.--Boat up to Mayence.--The Brothers.--Rheinfels.--Lurley Rock.--Seven Sisters.--Pfalz.--The Rheingau....

Sir John Soane's Museum, House, Antiquities, Pictures.--Hogarth's "Rake's Progress," and the "Election."--Wonderful Economy of Room, &c.--Greenwich; Hospital, Chapel, Paintings,...

St. James's Church.--Tomb of Rubens.--Paintings by Rubens and Jordaens.--Vandyke.--Mount Calvary.--Monk of La Trappe.--Museum.--Chair of Rubens; his Pictures.--Other great Works...

River Avon.--Wye.--Chepstow.--St. Aryan's.--Wynd Cliff.--Glorious Scenery.--Tintern Abbey; its History.--Ragland Castle; Appearance.--Marquis of Worcester.--Chopstow Castle.--He...

The Temple Church and its historical Associations.--Steamboat on Thames.--View of St. Paul's from River.--St. Paul's Cathedral; its Dome.--Statues: Johnson, Howard, Reynolds, He...

Jardin des Plantes; Situation, History.--Cedar of Lebanon and Palm-trees.--Menagerie.--Cuvier.--Museum of Comparative Anatomy, &c.--Paris owes much to Henry IV., Louis XIV., Nap...

Leave Bristol.--Berkeley.--Cheltenham.--Birmingham; Manufactories.--Rev. John Angell James.--Mr. Vanwart.--Liverpool.--Chester; its Antiquity.--Cathedral.--Rows and Pillars.--En...

Palais Royal.--Garden.--Gay Scene.--Passage d'Orleans.--House opposite to which Henry IV. was assassinated by Ravaillac.--Moliere.--Marat and Charlotte Corday.--Palace of the Lu...

Laeken.--Vilvorde.--Mechlin, or Mallnes.--Antwerp; History.--Place Verte.--Statue of Rubens.--Cathedral of Notre Dame.--Interior Pulpit.--Pictures by Rubens.--Tower of the Churc...

Methodist Chapel.--Madeline.--Pantheon.--Louvre, open.--Statuary and Paintings.--Versailles.--Statuary.--Series of National Paintings.--Portraits of distinguished Men.--Apartmen...