When fairly under weigh for Hamburgh I began to feel almost like going home, in fact quite happy to get away from Russia, though by no means sorry that I had visited it.
Found our boat very slow—but comfortable, and found on board of it real German style in serving dinners. Viz first—beef, then fish, and other dishes, then pudding, after this another joint of meat, a dessert of fresh fruit, and salad or pickles always eaten at the same time with sweetmeats!
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| Travemünde |
After a voyage of 4 days found ourselves safe at Travemunde a small post near Lubeck which city was reached in some 2 hours happy to find ourselves once more where things looked clean, (particularly so always in Germany) and where we could make ourselves easily understood by French or English. Slept at Lubeck and the next day started for Hamburgh 45 miles in 10 ½ hours! [51] the road in places being as bad as with us in Swamp countries. The reason of its being so bad, being that the King of Denmark who owns part of the road, and leaves it in as bad a state as possible, in order to induce the Lithuanians to leave a small port in his dominions (Kiel) in place of Travemunde, for St. Petersburgh.
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