Hunter Family Diary 1928

This blog contains the 1928 Diary of my mother, Iris Hunter and her sister Nora Hunter. At the time of it's writing, they were attending Bournemouth High School, a boarding school for girls in Bournemouth, England. It was their final year after which they would be returning to their home in Shanghai, China. Iris turned 17 in Feb of that year and her sister would be 16 in July. I've transcribed it as written along with any photos that were pasted into the diary. I've also added in a few photos

Sunday, April 16, 2017

April 16 "Lucerne"

16 Monday ( 107-259)

We got up at 6 AM and left Berlin by the 7:40 train for Lucerne. For a few hours the scenery was quite ordinary, flat and tree-less. Later we saw some pretty villages. We played bridge during the morning and daddy and Nora won the rubber. In the afternoon we played one game of consequences. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner on the train. At 9:15 we arrived at the German station of Basel. We had our passports examined.

Then we were told to change trains at the Swiss station of Basel on account of our train having lost time and we each had to pay a supplement of 3 marks because that train was the fastest flyer in Germany. We arrived in Lucerne at 11:45 and came straight to the Hotel du Cygne at Rigi. It was raining but still we were not damped by it. We slept pretty soundly that night.

I.H.