12 April- 13 April 1947, 12 April- 13 April 1947

12 April - Kierstead primarily writes of a trip taken over a long weekend with Dorothy Wood to Edirne (Adrianople), the first European capital of the Ottoman Empire. She gives detailed descriptions of the mosques they visited.

13 April - Kierstead writes about the events of the night before and about the miserable weather. After telling of the ancient history and legend surrounding the Princes' Islands, which are a short boat ride from Istanbul, she exclaims in parentheses, "Sometimes I'm afraid that I'll wake up and find that I've fallen asleep on a subway!"