Schöne Aussicht: A Journal of Our Trip Abroad

Published in 1901, this work accounts for Louise Spilke's first impressions abroad to Europe in different countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Paris, London, and Scotland. It contains factual knowledge of the places and things that Spilke talks about. She describes the areas beautifully and describes the cultures and people in depth. Spilke also includes various unknown facts and short biographies of the famous personalities that lived there. Excerpt from Schöne Aussicht «For fear some of you may be deceived about this Atlantic, which was so serenely peaceful and angelic in disposition when crossing on board the Hamburg-American liner „Pennsylvania,“ July 14, 1900, I will record later impressions and tell you what a wild, treacherous person she is. From July 14th to July 26th, was one of the smoothest, most placid mill-ponds you could ever imagine, in spite of the fact that we started on the voyage Friday, the 13th, from the Hoboken dock, where the greatest of sea disasters had taken place but a few hours previous.»