Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. Jerome

We Seek Breakfast. -- I Air My German. -- The Art of Gesture. -- The Intelligence of the Premiere Danseuse. -- Performance of English Pantomime in the Pyrenees. -- Sad Result Therefrom. -- The "German Conversation" Book. -- Its Narrow-minded View of Human Wants and Aspirations. -- Sunday in Munich. -- Hans and Gretchen. -- High Life v. Low Life. -- "A Beer-Cellar."

At Munich we left our luggage at the station, and went in search of breakfast. Of course, at eight o'clock in the morning none of the big cafes were open; but at length, beside some gardens, we found an old-fashioned looking restaurant, from which came a pleasant odour of coffee and hot onions; and walking through and seating ourselves at one of the little tables, placed out under the trees, we took the bill of fare in our hands, and summoned the waiter to our side.