 Etty landed in Dieppe , and made his way to Paris via Rouen . Although he admitted to finding France a beautiful country , he was unhappy throughout his stay there , suffering from severe homesickness ; shortly after his arrival in Paris he wrote to his cousin Martha Bodley that " I hope I shall like Italy better than Paris , or I think I shall not feel resolution to stop a year . If I don 't , I shall content myself with seeing what I think worth while ; and then return . " He travelled onwards via Geneva , but found Switzerland frustrating ; although he had brought his own tea @-@ making equipment with him , in the remoter mountain villages he found it difficult to obtain milk for his tea . Travelling through the Simplon Pass to Piedmont revived his spirits somewhat ; he found the variety of colour in the landscapes of northern Italy fascinating , and in late September arrived in Florence . 
