MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.
Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence for rooms, and found very
comfortable, large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel near
the station.
After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who wants to go with me
and take a drive around the city?"
The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had thought she was too tired to
go out again, said they would like to go.
What a delightful drive they had, at the close of a warm, lovely day,
around that interesting old city, with its wonderful fortifications! The
view of the rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty as any
they had seen all day.
Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was, a Roman camp having
been laid there thirty-eight years before Christ.
[Illustration: MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW.--_Page 65._]
The foundations may be said to date from fourteen years B.C., when
Drusus built his extensive fortifications. There is a Roman monument
forty-five feet high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also remains
of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside the city.
The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been burnt and restored six
times, and is one of the grandest in Germany.
Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue of Gutenberg, who is
regarded by the Germans as the inventor of movable types for printing.
Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice supper, which was waiting
for them, and went to bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than
any since leaving home.
The next morning all were rested and eager to get to Nuremberg, the end
of the trip. Mr. Winter, by some mistake, did not get the fast train,
and as the one they took stopped very often, and the scenery was not
very interesting, our party arrived in Nuremberg so tired they ate their
supper and went directly to bed.