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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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reversed our plan. After doing the more usual thing, and seeing that which was to be seen we packed up and moved over as quickly as possible to find that which we might more greatly enjoy. There was one constructive aspect-- I think to the stomach's well-being in the vagabonding. On the boat, -- and we were on the water a great deal-- being necessarily confined and limited as to activities, and in the hotels of the orient and England there were always the delectable in-between-meal snacks. If you happened to be an early riser you would find oranges and coffee on the deck long before the breakfast gong; in Java you got a basin of coffee-au-lait and in India some coffee before the regular meal. On the ships ailing the tropical seas I managed to forage some of those good Manila oranges in my pajamas before dressing for the day. There was an element of sport in it too. If you shouldn't happen to particularly care about the mid-morning bouillon, you might perhaps enjoy nibbling the cracker that invariably accompanied it. Everyone-- no matter who or what his likes-- must have been pleased with something about the afternoon tea. There was something so appealingly appetizing about those teas on torrid waters an in oriental hotels that defies analysis. Perhaps it had something to do with the setting or the holiday atmosphere or the lazy and relaxing temperature. Certaily too there was much choice in the tables spread with a tempting variety of tea-cakes, french pastries and
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reversed our plan. After doing the more usual thing, and seeing that which was to be seen we packed up and moved over as quickly as possible to find that which we might more greatly enjoy. There was one constructive aspect-- I think to the stomach's well-being in the vagabonding. On the boat, -- and we were on the water a great deal-- being necessarily confined and limited as to activities, and in the hotels of the orient and England there were always the delectable in-between-meal snacks. If you happened to be an early riser you would find oranges and coffee on the deck long before the breakfast gong; in Java you got a basin of coffee-au-lait and in India some coffee before the regular meal. On the ships ailing the tropical seas I managed to forage some of those good Manila oranges in my pajamas before dressing for the day. There was an element of sport in it too. If you shouldn't happen to particularly care about the mid-morning bouillon, you might perhaps enjoy nibbling the cracker that invariably accompanied it. Everyone-- no matter who or what his likes-- must have been pleased with something about the afternoon tea. There was something so appealingly appetizing about those teas on torrid waters an in oriental hotels that defies analysis. Perhaps it had something to do with the setting or the holiday atmosphere or the lazy and relaxing temperature. Certaily too there was much choice in the tables spread with a tempting variety of tea-cakes, french pastries and
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