Emma's diary: Italian Tour (April 29, 1898)
Hotel Cavour.
Milan. April 29.
We have made a great stride on our blessed way home to Toby and the Reef. Was having been declared, Theodore naturally began to feel uneasy, and to my great satisfaction decided to give up Venice, and go home on the Kaiser der Grosse the 25 May. Sent Monty over to Venice for 3 days there, and picked him up at Bologne yesterday as we came through. I lost all our short stay of a week at Florence - as I took to my bed at once with a sharp attack of influenza and did not leave it until the day we came away. Dr. Baldwin in attendance twice a day. The cold still hangs on - and I feel really shattered. Anderson came from Rome with the Normans on Monday - and it was delightful to have him again. Berenson and mrs. Castello to dine the night before we left and I got up for the dinner. I was furious that I could not go with Theodore to lunch with them, and see their pretty houses, which Theodore raved about. It rained all the time we were in Florence, and is still at it, The weather very heavy and discouraging.
Milan. April 29.
We have made a great stride on our blessed way home to Toby and the Reef. Was having been declared, Theodore naturally began to feel uneasy, and to my great satisfaction decided to give up Venice, and go home on the Kaiser der Grosse the 25 May. Sent Monty over to Venice for 3 days there, and picked him up at Bologne yesterday as we came through. I lost all our short stay of a week at Florence - as I took to my bed at once with a sharp attack of influenza and did not leave it until the day we came away. Dr. Baldwin in attendance twice a day. The cold still hangs on - and I feel really shattered. Anderson came from Rome with the Normans on Monday - and it was delightful to have him again. Berenson and mrs. Castello to dine the night before we left and I got up for the dinner. I was furious that I could not go with Theodore to lunch with them, and see their pretty houses, which Theodore raved about. It rained all the time we were in Florence, and is still at it, The weather very heavy and discouraging.
Description
Emma's diary entries which detail her and Theodore's journey through Florence and Milan immediately following the painting's acquisition.
Creator
Claire Summa
Source
Andrews, Emma B.Journal on the Bedawin, Volume 5 : 1898 - 1899.
Original Format
Paper
Citation
Citation
Claire Summa, “Emma's diary: Italian Tour (April 29, 1898),” The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project, accessed November 22, 2024, http://emmabandrews.org/project/items/show/127.