The party arrives in Liverpool on the S.S. Alaska June 22, 1887. Boardman's journal is extremely detailed and descriptive; the party visits museums, historical, literary and scenic sites wherever they go. They travel through England (Chester, Leamington, Kenilworth, Coventry, Warwick Castle, Stratford-upon-Avon, sightseeing and visiting stately homes on their way to London). In London they meet friends, Anna Hawkins and her father, and join their Cook's Tour, so they have guides and interpreters on the continent. Via Harwich they travel to Belgium (Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, where they tour the battlefield) to Germany (Cologne, where a Dr. Mitchell joins their party; Bonn; down the Rhine by steamer; Wiesbaden, which she calls "the Saratoga of Germany;" Leipzig; Berlin; Dresden) to Austria (Vienna). They travel by train to Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Pisa, Turin, Milan, Bellagio, Lucerne) go up Rhigi by the inclined railway, Alpnacht over the Brunnig Pass to Switzerland (Giessbach, where they see the Illumination of the Falls, Interlaken, Grindelwald, Ouchy, Chillon, Geneva). After Grindelwald they part from the tour: "made an early start again--our last one with the Cookies." They go on to France (Vernayez; Chamonix; Paris, where they meet members of the tour and visit the famous designer, Worth). They return to London "just two months since we left here with the Cook Party." On their way to Liverpool they go to Scotland (Edinburgh, Melrose, Abbotsford, Glasgow). The journal includes 9 pages of pictures, 6 loose pictures and postcards, pages of historical facts and an index of the places they stayed. There are travel details, like going to the bank with letters of credit, picking up mail, and comments on trains and other travelers.
