Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome

George wonders -- German love of order -- "The Band of the Schwarzwald Blackbirds will perform at seven" -- The china dog -- Its superiority over all other dogs -- The German and the solar system -- A tidy country -- The mountain valley as it ought to be, according to the German idea -- How the waters come down in Germany -- The scandal of Dresden -- Harris gives an entertainment -- It is unappreciated -- George and the aunt of him -- George, a cushion, and three damsels.

At a point between Berlin and Dresden, George, who had, for the last quarter of an hour or so, been looking very attentively out of the window, said: