Diary Entry of January 4, 1880
Sunday brought sunshine and better spirits as the worst of the travel was finally behind us, and we reached Naples with Gersdorff waiting to greet us. The joy of arrival was cut short by missing trunks and hotel trickery, but the finer weather and the sense of being almost settled kept us going. Despite the nuisance, the day felt like a real arrival after the strain of the road.
Sunday, January 4:
a fine, sunny day. Whether it is the scenery or the fact that the greater part of the journey is now behind us, all of us are in good spirits anyway, and it seems no time at all before we are in Naples, where friend Gersdorff comes to meet us. First trouble, the trunks not there, second and greater, a whole floor spirited away and all kinds of sharp practice, but on