Diary Entry of January 3, 1880
We left at nine and the journey quickly became wearisome, with border delays, renewed charges in Ala, confusion in Bologna, and a stifling carriage whose hot stove forced us to open the windows against the cold. R. cared little for the scenery and the Brenner only added to the annoyance. The trip was already proving difficult before we had even reached Naples.
Saturday, January 3:
Departure at 9 o’clock; R. not interested in the scenery, the Brenner bores him. Trouble in Ala, where one has to pay again, trouble in Bologna (4 in the morning), trouble in the carriage, where the lighted stove gives off so much heat that we have to open all the windows, thereby letting in the severe cold; all the same,