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Louise Liers journal, April 1918-January 1919
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ate from a box with a piece of pasteboard. Water impossible to get so drank wine more in that day than in my whole life before - disgusting stuff - Had coffee several times served by canteen workers. Everywhere were soldiers and camps and sad, sad, faces. At Paris no one met us through some error and it was 2 A.M. before we left the Gane du Nord. in ambulances. Aug. 15th Thurs- Our ambulance broke down and we were put in another the driver of which did not know the way so it was almost 4:00 when we reached the Hotel Regina - How good the bed seemed. Had breakfast in the open dining room and went with Miss Agnew to see about transportation and a little sight seeing. This is across the street from the Louvre which is closed and banked with sand bags in many places - Most of the wonderful statues around this beautiful city were covered with sand bags. Went to see the R.J.O. then for a walk and spent the P.M. "seeing" Paris Notre Dame - Napoleon's Tomb etc etc - Found ice cream. Called at the Rue Gallilee to see Faith but she had left Paris only 5 days before. Did some shopping altho' most of the shops were closed. Early to bed but we were roused by the "alert" and took to the cellar. Paris however escaped this time and a smaller town was bombed instead. After several hours below - we went back to bed and got up at 5 to finnish our trip. Aug. 16 - A hot hot day through vine yards and at last we arrived at the little stations of Mars. For some distance we could see the camp where we were to be stationed on the hill top. We were given a
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ate from a box with a piece of pasteboard. Water impossible to get so drank wine more in that day than in my whole life before - disgusting stuff - Had coffee several times served by canteen workers. Everywhere were soldiers and camps and sad, sad, faces. At Paris no one met us through some error and it was 2 A.M. before we left the Gane du Nord. in ambulances. Aug. 15th Thurs- Our ambulance broke down and we were put in another the driver of which did not know the way so it was almost 4:00 when we reached the Hotel Regina - How good the bed seemed. Had breakfast in the open dining room and went with Miss Agnew to see about transportation and a little sight seeing. This is across the street from the Louvre which is closed and banked with sand bags in many places - Most of the wonderful statues around this beautiful city were covered with sand bags. Went to see the R.J.O. then for a walk and spent the P.M. "seeing" Paris Notre Dame - Napoleon's Tomb etc etc - Found ice cream. Called at the Rue Gallilee to see Faith but she had left Paris only 5 days before. Did some shopping altho' most of the shops were closed. Early to bed but we were roused by the "alert" and took to the cellar. Paris however escaped this time and a smaller town was bombed instead. After several hours below - we went back to bed and got up at 5 to finnish our trip. Aug. 16 - A hot hot day through vine yards and at last we arrived at the little stations of Mars. For some distance we could see the camp where we were to be stationed on the hill top. We were given a
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