Am Rhein

• A few weeks later it's the season for the British to go abroad. They apparently do this en masse every year at a particular time.
• On the ship Jos acts like a big-time traveler but gets very sick when the actual journey starts.
• They see the Bareacres family, who sit alone and talk to no one on board.
• George Jr. is having fun, running around, eating a ton of food, and generally acting like a normal little kid for once.
• After they land, Jos is obsessed with meeting the king and queen of every country they come to – which apparently is reasonably easy at this time for someone of his rank.
• Amelia loves it there. She walks around with Dobbin, who carries a little stool and sketching things for her. He plays soldiers with George Jr.
• While they are outside enjoying the weather and nature, Jos sleeps a lot.
• Dobbin takes Amelia to the opera for the first time in her life. She takes to it like a duck to water and starts to finally become at least a little bit educated and cultured.
• The narrator reveals that Dobbin a true gentleman, the only one in the novel (and one of very few in real life).
• Finally they get to Pumpernickel, a town in Germany. (Like the bread!) It's sleepy, quiet, lovely, and adorable.
• Suddenly the narrator turns into an actual person and tells us that he met Dobbin, Amelia, Jos, and George Jr. in Pumpernickel while they were there.
• What on earth? It's a jarring thing, this narrator switching.
• In any case, they like the town so much that they decide to stay there for a while before continuing their trip.