Journey London-Paris-Berlin, with a view to composing

Route

Helsinki (boat)-Stockholm (train)-Helsingborg (ferry)-Elsinore (train)-Copenhagen (train)-Könsör (boat)-Kiel-Hamburg-Bremen-Osnabrück-Vlissingen (boat)-Harwich (train)-London.

Accommodation

Langham Hotel, London
15 Gloucester Walk, Kensington, landlady Mrs Dodd
15 Gordon Place, Campden Hill (boarding house)

Route

London (train)-Dover (ferry)-Calais (train)-Paris

Accommodation

Hotel du Voltaire, Paris

Route

Paris (train)-Reims-Cologne-Hannover-Berlin.

Accommodation

Hotel Wiesbadener Hof, Berlin
Kurfürstenstrasse 36 II, landlady Frau Langer

Return route

Berlin (train)-Stettin (boat)-Helsinki

Sibelius worked on the string quartet Voces intimae; he conducted En Saga and Finlandia in London and Valse triste and Spring Song in Cheltenham. He met Debussy in London and went to the Sibelius Evening at the Music Club. After negotiations he decided to resume cooperation with Breitkopf & Härtel. In Berlin he underwent a post-operative medical examination; he worked on his string quartet and the songs of his opus 57.