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SWITZERLAND
BERLINGEN
AUGUST 14, 1908
This morning, after I had changed German
money into Swiss money (franc and centimes),
I crossed the border at 8. I was not held up for
long. I entered an inn in a village called Berlin-
gen at noon. I ordered a large bottle of beer and
soup. I ate the soup and a large slice of bread,
which only increased my appetite. I also had
a roast and roasted potatoes. I finished with
a black coffee. After I mentioned I was a trav-
eller, I paid 1 franc for the whole thing, which
is 48 kreutzer. Later, I also bought chocolate,
but it gave me such a stomach ache that I only
got to the next village, Steckborn. From there,
I went to the Verpflegstation (a place where
journeymen doing their walz would get their
travel allowance) in the evening. Here in Swit-
zerland, Verpflegstationen are in inns and you
don’t have to work through them like you do
in Austria.
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