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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. 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
wreck that was once the noblest castle in all Germany. We stood in awed admiration before the "Great Tun," which is the chief object of interest in Heidelberg. What there is of interest in the sight of a big beer-barrel it is difficult, in one's calmer moments, to understand; but the guide book says that it is a thing to be seen, and so all we tourists go and stand in a 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 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.  GRAND HISTORY LOGGED WRECK THAT WAS ONCE THE NOBLEST CASTLE IN ALL GERMANY WE STOOD IN AWED ADMIRATION BEFORE THE GREAT TONGUE WHICH IS THE CHIEF OBJECT OF INTEREST IN HEIDELBERG WHAT THERE IS OF INTEREST IN THE SIGHT OF A BIG BEER BARREL IT IS DIFFICULT IN ONE'S CALMER MOMENTS TO UNDERSTAND BUT THE GUIDE BOOK SAYS THAT IT IS A THING TO BE SEEN AND SO ALL WE TOURISTS GO AND STAND IN A 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
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