Alix's diary entries from May 13 to May 17, 1889

Source:

Transcripts (edited to fit the pages) and photos of scans of diary pages courtesy of GARF via Olga Grigor'eva at lastromanovs on VK.

https://vk.com/lastromanovs?w=wall-56510987_44049

The diary entries:

Monday

MAI 13

Kiel

Breakfast.

[entry in German]

Irène to bed. 2 Gentlemen for Luncheon. —

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Tuesday

MAI 14

Kiel

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Wednesday

MAI 15

Kiel

Saw Baby washed.

Went for a walk with Papa after Breakfast. Very hot. Wrote & read. Luncheon. Stayed with Irène the afternoon. Tea. Saw Baby washed. — Supper.

Went to see Charly off. Drove home by the Hafen. Sat still with Irène, — to bed at about 9½. —

Irène will have to be for some weeks in bed, owing to some [illegible] Verdehnung. Very provoking, after having been so well. —

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Thursday

MAI 16

Kiel

Very windy. — Packed up everything. Breakfast. — Stayed with Irène, & read. Luncheon. Went to Irène. Read. Baby. Supper. Left. —

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Friday

MAI 17

Darmstadt

Arrived at 10th. — Breakfast. Washed. Unpacked. Victoria & Louis came for Luncheon. Then we drove in the linieke with the Russian horses. After tea, the others left again. I worked at Papers. Wrote, to Iréne. Worked in Papa's room. Squirrel disappeared — Orchie found it before her window. Supper. —

Above: Alix.