February 27 Thursday – The Clemens family left Munich by rail for Paris, France. Sam had planned to leave at 6:40 AM and travel to Strasburg (at that time in Germany) by 5:30 PM and spend the night there, continuing on to Paris on Feb. 28 [MTLE 4: 29]. Sam noted “Feb 27, at Strasburg” in his notebook [2: 292].

From Munich to Ulm:  The Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway. From Ulm to Stuttgard. Karlsruhe and Strassburg:  Royal Württemberg State Railways

February 28, 1879, the Clemens family arrives in Paris and takes up residency at the Grand Hotel St. James in the rue Saint-Honoré.  [Five Months in Paris]