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Diary entry for 1936-05-27
... very turbulent. I am assuming that it was an earthquake that brought up the frightful smell on Monday and was also the cause of my rebellious nerves. I see how a gentleman, head of a family of five, presses $10 into the steward’s hand. We were supposed ...
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Diary entry for 1936-06-13
... coats, etc. I go to Zangrande at snacktime: no one there whom I know! The cheapness of things could entice one into making many purchases; but it would be better not to. I must call in once more at Thomas Cook’s and, of course, take my ticket! Two ladies ...
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Diary entry for 1936-07-26
... Dämmerung, ein schönes Farbenspiel am westlichen Himmel. Bestelle die Wäscherin. July 26 My breakfast comes with butter that is inedible; I return it. At 12 o’clock I look for Mr. Doerler in the Calle Paris and ask him for Mr. Kögel’s address; he will bring ...
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Diary entry for 1936-08-02
... , längst aber nicht mehr in der Wohnung lebt, die er bei der Post s. Z. angegeben hat. Um so besser! Gehen dann ins Savoy-Hotel eine Chokolade trinken u. ich verabrede mit dem Herrn E., daß ich morgen um ½1h das Geschenk für Franzl vor sein Geschäft bringen ...
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Diary entry for 1936-08-09
... immer erfreulich. Der Stewart bringt auf meinen Wunsch einen Atlas aus der Bibliothek der 1. Klasse u. ein Amerikaner „U. S. A.“ eignet sich ihn gleich an! Die Route Genua–Locarno–Meran wird sich, vielleicht, in einem Tag machen lassen.In the event, this ...
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Diary entry for 1936-08-23
... at least one can shed one’s clothes. For the first time I see the young clergyman with his prayer book! Aboard the ship, the rumor spreads that we shall pass through the Straits of Gibraltar accompanied by two Italian warships!! ...
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Diary entry for 1936-08-24
... versuche ich in der Kabine zu ruhen, es ist aber viel zu heiß. Nach dem Abendessen einige Abkühlung, vor dem Essen noch ein wenig Englisch. August 24 Yesterday’s film: as if made for these children. A servant girl, made pregnant by the estate owner, is ...
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Diary entry for 1936-09-10
... post office, I find a postcard from Violin; thank God, this is the first sign of life from him since I left Vienna. He is playing a concerto by C. P. E. Bach on the radio, in Schenker’s arrangement: would I be able to listen to it?? ...
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Diary entry for 1936-09-13
... lunch, Dr. Frisch thanks me for the walking-stick. Following an afternoon snack comprising two peaches, I take an hour’s walk under an overcast sky and in an agreeably cool temperature, then read the newspaper in the hotel lounge: things look nice in the ...
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... 29. X. Stirling: Ad Walzer; das 2. Cism Stück aus dem Cism Walzer u. das Bm Intermezzo.Schenker’s diary for October 28 records: “Mrs. Stirling – to whom I explained a few days ago that holidays belong to the teacher, and indeed not as a gift but as ...