Abel and his friends spent three months in Berlin where Abel met August Crelle. Later, August was about to publish his mathematics journal, to which Abel contributed seven articles, and Abel strongly encouraged him. In the same year Abel had financial problems and had to abandon his tour in January 1828. When Abel returned from Berlin he was offered a position as editor for the Crelles newspaper, but he decided not to accept it because he wanted to spend some time with his girlfriend Christine Kemp. . Since Abel never arrived in Göttingen and published nothing during his tour, the foreign tour was considered a failure and his scholarship was not renewed by the Norwegian.