The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"), which refers to the highest of the three prominent mountains overlooking the Interlaken region, along with the Mönch ("monk") and the Eiger ("ogre"), is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, the alpine meadow directly facing the huge northern side of the Jungfrau, across the Trummelbach gorge. Wengernalp was so named for the nuns of Interlaken Monastery, its historical owner.
Bædeker: (1898) Kafr Hawar, the usual halting place between Baniyas and Damascus. The village is inhabited by Muslims and contains (on the W. side) the ruins of a small square temple of the Roman period. The interior (which is empty) must be approached through the hut in front. By the house above the waterfall on the hill we obtain a fine view of the plain, particularly of the region of Salsa' (Route 31, p. 303).
Palestine's main Mediterranean seaport, the Quaker City anchored here from September 16 to 30, 1867.
See Bædeker (1898) Route 2 Jaffa page 6
See Bædeker (1876) Route 1 Yâfa page 127
Murray Route 18 page 287
Mark Twain wrote about Hungary in his essay Stirring Times in Austria, published in Harper's Magazine, March 1898. He spent a week in Budapest in March of 1899 and gave a speech in honor of the jubilee celebration of the liberation of the Hungarian press, published as "German for the Hungarians."
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is surrounded by Heilbronn District and, with approximately 123,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state.
May 5 or May 6 Monday – The Clemens family arrived in Heidelberg, Germany and stayed at the beautiful Schloss Hotel, which overlooked the old castle with its forest setting, the flowing Neckar River, and the distant valley of the Rhine. https://daybyday.marktwainstudies.com/vol-1-section-0036/ Vol 1 Section 0036 – Mark Twain Day By Day
The family returned to Heidelberg for a week in August and September of 1891, before moving to Switzerland.
See Bædeker The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, 1873 page 176
The Quaker City passed through the archipelago twice, first on its way to Constantinople from Greece and again returning from the Black Sea en route to Smyrna. Twain remarks on passing between Lemnos and Mytilene.
The Quaker City sailed through the Greek Islands August 13-17, 1867. It stopped at the harbor of Athens August 14-15, during which Twain broke quarantine to visit the Acropolis.
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