Corfu
Florence, visit to the Pitti Palace, visit to the Certosa del Galluzzo
Heading to Corfu via Florence, Ancona and Brindisi, troubled by an aching tooth
Sends postcards which Alice Sanford has developed, to travel to Florence, Ancona and Brindidi, having given up the idea of visiting Montenegro
Visit to Jelde, ascended mountains on mules
To leave for Santa Cruz and Las Palmas, lost bag while riding a donkey, Hunter wishes her to change an investment
Collingham has no nets so is bitten by mosquitos in bed, carries an eau de Cologne soaked handkerchief to guard agains smells from canals
"very nice party of people", played croquet, visit to Agua Manza, lunar eclipse
Eugene Sanford recovered, bathing, cleared off the beach by shooting soldiers, hotel not yet fully staffed
Party stricken by summer diarrhoea brough on by eating figs, hopes to bring back parrots from Gran Canaria, invigorating local form of bathing
Visiting Tacaronte and Aratava, asks of the fate of Crippen
Arrived in Paris from Vienna
Moving hotel in Venice, visit to Murano, purchased jewelery, dislike of Collingham for Julia Monk
Vienna "a fine town but nothing special about it", soldiers marching off to Serbia, Budapest, accommodation arrangements for London
Problems on the train journey to Vienna caused by snow, hit the buffers in Belgrade, Corfu, Athens and Constantinople were all "very slack", while Vienna is tidy
Not taking the Orient Express as it is "so expensive and very shaky"
To take the Orient Express as long as the political situation in Bulgaria allows, visited the bazaars with Cols Surtees and Elia
Ship slipped anchor outside the Dardanelles, later ran aground on Marmora, "The Maria" took them on to Isanbul, attitude of the party during the emergency, Colonel Elia helped a poor engine driver, AS attended a Greek ball
Italy suffering earthquakes so have decided to head for Constantinople, have made friends with Colonel Elia, the Italian military attaché to Turkey, rcommended to travel by an Italian rather than an Austrian boat due to the boycott although the former are dirty, small and have bad food
Wish to go to Italy but there is grief in Sicily and many places in Naples are converted into hospitals [following the earthquake of 28 December 1908], assistant of Mr Constantide
New Year's Eve, met the Crown Prince and his brother in the grounds, procession of royalty to church, American ships in port
Journey from Lucerne to Lugano, describes Lugano
Christmas Day service, Christmas Dinner at the Elliots, Miss Stone's lecture on the Acropolis not too technical, to go to Mycenae and Delphi
Dining at the Legation on Christmas Day, Mr Constantinide, [Corinthian] Canal narrow and shallow
Attended lecture at the British School at Athens on excavations at Sparta, to have tea with Mrs Santorini, to arrange to hear Miss Stone's lectures on the Acropolis, English businessmen trying to get the contract to clothe the Greek army, local sponge industry
Athens, English acquaintances two Midlands businessmen, personal losses on the trip
Journey from Corfu to Athens, the Captain of the ship showed AS the bridge, problems of navigating the Isthmus of Corinth
Sends photographs, entertained by the Hancocks, San Pantaleone, "horrid" banknotes