Via vitae: Lebenserinnerungen von Wilhelm Stählin

Name of traveller

Wilhelm Stählin (1883-1975)

Reason for travel

• travelling as cultural tourist

Date of travel

1908

[I]ch verstand von der Waliser Sprache kein Wort. Aber wir konnten miteinander das Vaterunser beten, und das war der echte Ausdruck dessen, was hier über unüberbrückbare Verschiedenheiten hinweg gemeinsam war.

Content

• customs:
  
  • reference to Nonconformist Revivals and has a light-hearted conversation with a Calvinist minister
  • is very impressed by a Baptist service in Harlech
• language: unable to understand the Baptist service as it is held entirely in Welsh
• recreation: invited by a distant relative to spend a weekend in Wales
• terrain: enjoys the impressive coastal landscape around Harlech

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

autobiography

Citation

Stählin, Wilhelm. Via vitae: Lebenserinnerungen von Wilhelm Stählin. Kassel: Johannes-Stauda-Verlag, 1968. 100-1. Print.