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out. No yachting at all yet this would be an ideal place for cruising
March 20. [[red underline]] Miraman hotel [[/red underline]] charges 12% for service so no tips are supposed to be given. This is an excellent innovation. I noticed at the docks that the parties did not scramble wildly for our baggage and that one man, their leader, indicated the cost of tips which were then evenly distributed amongst all.
Went to [[red underline]] dentist. [[/red underline]] After drilling says nerve is dead. ^[[(Upper tooth]] will have to come back several days for dressing. So this ties me up in [[red underline]] Genoa. [[/red underline]] I find this is a bad place to get connections for Spain. Will have to go to Marseilles for a ship
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or take train to Barcelona Went out walking all day first along docks. Several steamers and small warship being dismantled carefully by junk-men. Around docks nor around town no sign of [[red underline]] poverty. [[/red underline]] all people seem happy, active, and comfortable and well clothed altho' exchange is 20.80 Lire to the Dollar. The war and the low exchange seem to have no serious effect on Italy or France. Walked along the many crowded narrow streets with their endless variety of shops. all displaying their wares [[red underline]] Genoa [[/red underline seems a much cleaner and more prosperous city than in 1906. and the same impression I got in France. Another sign is that a notice incomparably