17th September 1936

17th September 1936

Schloss Wildenwart, Post Prien, Oberbayern to 27 Queen Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Thank you very much for your letter and the photos. They are very well, especially the family group. At last mine are ready so I enclose them here. I hope you like them. I spent my birthday very nicely. I got a beautiful fur coat, and a broche, (I don’t know how one calls it, it is French, a medal with diamonds or so) and wool for a new jersey in dark red. My black one is finished, its quite nice. What about your blouse? Did you finish it or are you still embroidering it. Please tell me the mistakes I make, because I want to correct them. We did a lot of yachting but now

the weather is too bad and Papi went to Sarvar to shoot stags. So we can’t go without him. Ludwig is in Hungary too studying hard. But he managed to shoot a very good stag too. In Hungary one does only shoot, not hunt on horseback, even foxes. Deidi is in Landau with some cousins. Muck, Baby and I are staying here for a week with two aunts. We are living in an old castle near a lake called

Chimensee. You can find it on a map. I’m sorry one can’t see the lake from here. But we have a beautiful view of all the mountains. We came here by car on the Reichstatebahn. It was great. We even met an English car. I saw lots of English in Munich. The whole town was full of them. I had to think of you every time I met some. I don’t want to be rude, only I don’t know how to say otherwise. I do think of you very often, besides. I was in no cinema yet. Muck and Baby were yesterday in Flitterwochen (Honeymoon) with Anny Ondra. I’m sure you never saw her

Left: Anny Ondra (15th May, 1903 – 28th February, 1987) was a Czechoslovak film actress whose second husband was German boxing great Max Schmeling.

although she is rather famous in Germany. They say it was very funny. Tonight we go to see "Schuhplatteln" the national dance of Bavaria. They do it in an inn. I’m rather keen on seeing it. Our Circus is going quite well. I have to play in a theatre at the beginning. I am supposed to be a magician, Rasso my servant, Baby a red cock. I wonder how she will do. The costume is rather a difficulty. Good bye for today.

Yours affectionately

Loll

Dear Madeleine!

I will send you some photo’s too, but I have not got them here.

Yours sincerely,

Baby

We are going now to see the National Dance of Bavaria