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handled in a [[underlined]] polite business like way. [[/underlined]] All in the [[underlined]] men and women are decidedly better looking than the average [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] Germany, England, France or Belgium. The women [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] on the street [[/strikethrough]] have [[underlined]] not yet adopted [[/underlined]] that [[underlined]] horrible habit of rouge and lipsticks now so common [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] France and America [[/underlined]] I come more and more to the [[underlined]] conclusion that Swedish immigrants are more adapted to our tendencies, aims [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] behavior in the U.S [[/underlined]] than [[underlined]] the immigrants from Central [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] Southern Europe.  
What disappoints me however [[/underlined]] is [[underlined]] that so few Swedes [[strikethrough]] apea [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] are [[underlined]] able to speak English [[/underlined]] altho' I have it heard repeatedly asserted that all Swedes speak English or Germans besides their Swedish. [[underlined]] Even amongst University [[/underlined]] students [[underlined]] male or female, English [[/underlined]]
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[[underlined]] speaking was the exception. [[/underlined]] No doubt as in the U.S and other countries they all [[underlined]] pass their school examinations in foreign languages [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] then quickly forget them unless [[/underlined]] they are in surrounding where they can keep up the practice. The [[underlined]] "Smorgoss" [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] "hors d'oeuvre" which precede each meal here [[/underlined]] are not [[underlined]] only excellent [[/underlined]] but [[underlined]] abundant [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] used so freely as to make a meal by themselves, altho the real meal follows regularly. [[/underlined]]  
The service in hotels and restaurants is excellent, efficient, and polite.  [[underlined]] For the first time since my visit to Spain [[/underlined]] I found here that same [[underlined]] excellent "Solera" Sherry [[/underlined]] which [[underlined]] I liked so much in Spain [[/underlined]] and at a price which is not exhorbitant.
[[underlined]] Sept 4 [[/underlined]] (Sunday) Pleasant bright weather about 68°F