Eleanor, 00-1931 Travel Verse

by Eleanor … … (1895 — 1996)

THE TRAVEL JOURNAL OF HER 1931 TRIP TO EUROPE WAS WRITTEN IN VERSE

“Eleanor … , physicist, poet and mathematics teacher, died at a retirement home at the age of 101.

A native of Portland, Ore., and a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she taught for many years. During World War II, she became a mass-measurement specialist for the Bureau of Standards in Washington and continued a career as a consulting physicist until she was 90.”

In 1931 Eleanor sailed to Europe on the RMS Berengaria. Cunard had named this ship for the wife of Richard I (Lion Heart). Nearly two months later, Eleanor returned on Cunard’s RMS Aquitania. It is interesting to see that nearly 100 years after each ship was launched, Google.com will find tens of thousands of stories, photos, and guest book signings, about each of those ships. The Aquitania served as a troop ship during both WW I and WW II.

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We knew Eleanor for nearly forty years. She was always interested in our trips to Europe, and many years ago she gave us the original copy of her “Travel Verse.” We typed it as best we could, returned the original, and presented her with computer-printed copy.

While each page is unique, we find pages 14 and 24 to be especially interesting.

01-June 18 Portland to New York City
02-June 21 Cinnamon Bun
03-June 21 On The Berengaria
04-June 22 Still On The Berengaria
05-June 27 Arrival in France, Paris
06-June 29 Homesick for Portland, More Paris
07-July 1 A Walk in Paris, Biarritz, Lourdes
08-July 6 The Pyrenees
09-July 7 Carcassonne
10-July 9 Nimes, Monte Carlo
11-July 11 Genoa, Pisa
12-July 13 Rome
13-July 15 Naples
14-July 16 Sorrento, Capri
15-July 17 Pompeii, Rome, Florence
16-July 19 Florence
17-July 21 Venice, Stresa
18-July 24 The Alps, Lucern, Sunday Worship
19-July 27 What Am I to Expect?
20-July 28, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, Cologne
21-July 31 Holland, London
22-August 2 London, Stratford-Avon
23-August 5 Edinburgh, Glasgow
24-August 7 Glasgow, London, On The Aquitania