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From Cologne we went to Brussels; from Brussels to Ghent (where we saw more famous pictures, and heard the mighty "Roland" ring "o'er lagoon and lake of sand"). From Ghent we went to Bruges (where I had the satisfaction of throwing a stone at the statue of Simon Stevin, who added to the miseries of my school days, by inventing decimals), and from Bruges we came on here. FROM COLOGNE WE WENT TO BRUSSELS FROM BRUSSELS TO GHENT WHERE WE SAW MORE FAMOUS PICTURES AND HEARD THE MIGHTY ROLAND RING EAR LAGOON AND LAKE OF SAND FROM GHENT WE WENT TO BRUGES WHERE I HAD THE SATISFACTION OF THROWING A STONE AT THE STATUE OF SIMON STEVA WHO ADDED TO THE MISERIES OF MY SCHOOL DAYS BY INVENTING DECIMALS AND FROM BRUGES WE CAME ON HERE
ep-headed lot. If, by a printer's error, no mention were made in the guide book of the Colosseum, we should spend a month in Rome, and not think it worth going across the road to look at. If the guide book says we must by no means omit to pay a visit to some famous pincushion that contains eleven million pins, we travel five hundred miles on purpose to see it! From Heidelberg we went to Darmstadt. We spent half-an-hour at Darmstadt. Why we ever thought of stopping longer there, I do not know. It is a pleasant enough town to live in, I should say; but utterly uninteresting to the stranger. After one walk round it, we made inquiries as to the next train out of it, and being informed that one was then on the point of starting, we tumbled into it and went to Bonn. From Bonn (whence we made one or two Rhine excursions, and where we ascended twenty-eight "blessed steps" on our knees--the chapel people called them "blessed steps;" _we_ didn't, after the first fourteen) we returned to Cologne.  ROW AND GAPE AT IT WE ARE A SHEEP HEADED LOT IF BY A PRINTER'S ERROR NO MENTION WERE MADE IN THE GUIDE BOOK OF THE COLOSSEUM WE SHOULD SPEND A MONTH IN ROME AND NOT THINK IT WORTH GOING ACROSS THE ROAD TO LOOK AT IF THE GUIDE BOOK SAYS WE MUST BY NO MEANS OMIT TO PAY A VISIT TO SOME FAMOUS PINCUSHION THAT CONTAINS ELEVEN MILLION PINS WE TRAVEL FIVE HUNDRED MILES ON PURPOSE TO SEE IT FROM HEIDELBERG WE WENT TO DARNSTATT WE SPENT HALF AN HOUR AT DARNSTATT WHY WE EVER THOUGHT OF STOPPING LONGER THERE I DO NOT KNOW IT IS A PLEASANT ENOUGH TOWN TO LIVE IN I SHOULD SAY BUT UTTERLY UNINTERESTING TO THE STRANGER AFTER ONE WALK ROUND IT WE MADE INQUIRIES AS TO THE NEXT TRAIN OUT OF IT AND BEING INFORMED THAT ONE WAS THEN ON THE POINT OF STARTING WE TUMBLED INTO IT AND WENT TO BON FROM BON WHENCE WE MADE ONE OR TWO RHINE EXCURSIONS AND WHERE WE ASCENDED TWENTY EIGHT BLISTENED STEPS ON OUR KNEES THE CHAPEL PEOPLE CALLED THEM BLESSED STEPS WE DIDN'T AFTER THE FIRST FOURTEEN WE RETURNED TO COLOGNE
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