A Blind Esperantist's Trip to Finland and Sweden, to Attend the Fourteenth International Esperanto Congress

On Thursday, August 3rd, my wife and I left Hull on the Arcturus with some fifty other Esperantists, including Mr. John Merchant (President), and Mr. Warden (ex-President), of the British Esperanto Association. Until Saturday the sea was smooth, though the weather was dull, and we all ate heartily and chatted and joked in holiday mood. The ships company were all Finns, and none of them spoke a comprehensible language except the Captain and Purser, who spoke English well. The waitresses were very demure, some of them wearing their hair strained back from the forehead in puritan fashion. The only time they were known to laugh, despite the efforts of the more frivolous members of the party to make them do so, was on the Sunday evening, when one of the tables having been vacated by the diners, a lurch of the ship shot all the crockery on to the floor in a heap of ruins; then they stood round and laughed merrily; here was a real joke! ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43113
Author: Merrick, W. Percy
Release Date: Jul 7, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English