A chronological view of Emily & James Sibley Watson's honeymoon in Spain and Morocco
Emily and James Sibley Watson were married on April 6, 1891, in St. Andrews Church in Rochester, NY.
Emily & James Sibley Watson spent their wedding night at the Hotel Niagara in Buffalo.
After a day shopping and reading, the Watsons took the train to New York, where they stayed at the Plaza Hotel.
Emily's mother made arrangements to close up their house, sending the silver to the Trust Co. and the jewelry to the Bank of Monroe.
On April 13, James Sibley Watson applied for a passport for himself and his wife.
On April 16th, both extended families sailed for Europe on the S.S. Columbia.
On April 23, the S.S. Columbia sailed from Southampton to Hamburg, Germany.
In Paris, the Watsons saw the pantomime Néron with Rochester artist J. Guernsey Mitchell.
The next day, the Watsons took the night train to Madrid, where they stayed for several days.
The Sibley/Averell party arrived in Berlin around May 3rd.
On May 5th, the Watsons made a day trip to Toledo.
The next day the Watsons took a night train to Cordova.
On May 7th, the Sibley/Averell party left for Dresden.
Continuing southward, the Watsons' next stop was Seville.
The Sibley/Averell party left Dresden for Eisenach on May 18th.
The Watsons arrived in Tangier by way of Cadiz and probably Gibraltar, on May 20, 1891.
On May 22nd, the Sibley/Averell party left Eisenach for Kassell, where they visited the Bergpark, famous for its cascades.
Read Emily Sibley Watson's manuscript for a talk she gave to the Wednesday Club in 1910.
Emily & James Sibley Watson embarked on their Moroccan camping trip on May 22, 1891, leaving Tangier for Tetouan.
On the second day of their camping trip, the Watsons passed El Fondak, a caravanserai in the mountains roughly halfway between Tangier and Tetouan.
The Watson purchased commercial photographs to supplement the photos they took.
The Watsons arrived at Tetouan on the morning of May 24th, 1891.
On their first full day in Tetouan, Emily Sibley Watson visited the Jewish Cemetery.
On May 26th, a grand procession entered Tetouan, as the son of the Bashaw, or Governor, returned from a visit to the Sultan.
On May 27th, James Sibley Watson went on a boar hunt with beaters sent by the Governor from local villages.
On May 28th, the Watsons left Tetouan and travelled to Ceuta, a Spanish outpost on the shore of Morocco.
On May 29th, the Watsons caught a ferry to Gibraltar, then took a boat to Malaga, and then a night train to Granada.
By May 31st, the Sibley/Averell party was in Heidelberg.
The Watsons spent five days exploring the sights of Granada.
Elizabeth Sibley writes her daughter from Frankfurt on June 4th, telling her of their plans to leave for Paris on the 5th.
On June 5th, the Watsons left Granada, traveling to Jaen by a horse-drawn diligence.
The Watsons returned in Madrid on June 7th, and planned to join the rest of the family in Paris on June 13th or 14th.
On July 23, Elizabeth Sibley writes to her daughter from Switzerland as the Watsons prepare to leave Southampton for New York on the S.S. Columbia.
Elizabeth Sibley writes from Geneva about their travel plans.
Elizabeth Sibley describes a celebration of the 600th anniversary of Swiss independence during their visit to Innsbruck.
The Sibley party spends several days in Vienna.
Elizabeth Sibley writes her daughter from Frankfurt on 8/19/1891.
From New York, Elizabeth Sibley describes their arduous voyage home.
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