27th January 1937

27th January 1937

Leutstetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine,

Thank you very much for your letter I like so much to hear from you. We are all very well. Here we have not yet any snow and we are always waiting for it because we want to ski. At Christmas we got all new ski and dark blue trousers and jackets for it and heavy boots and knitted thick stockings. So we have everything we need, only no snow. We are already quite impatient. Now we had some very cold days and we played ice-hockey on our little skating place in the park. We are only learning to do it but it is very amusing. After Xmas a friend of my brother was here for some days, he had to play with us but first we had to teach him skating. He had never tried it before. He learned it quickly, only he fell a lot. The other day in playing Ludwig went very fast and fell so hard on his head that we had to help him rise and he went home with Mami only half conscious. He remembers nothing now how he came to his room. His face is very swollen and blue and he is now very ugly. Our little cousins always play with us and they will soon play much better than we heavy big girls. We have now also other visits often, uncles, aunts or cousins and other friends. The other day Mami was with Muck, Loll and me in Munich to a big dancing tea, Lolls first dancing in society, she was so pleased. Next week there will be several great dancing parties in Munich. Loll is very excited about them. I will go to Vienna next week for the wedding of my friend Gitta. I hope that I will be invited also to other parties and dances. I will stay there for little more than a week. Baby and Rasso are studying. Last week we saw in the opera Valkerie and Siegfried by Wagner. I knew both already but I always like to see nice plays more than once. We also saw the operetta “Fliedermous” by J. Strauss, that is very amusing, you should see it too. I liked the book you sent me very much. I think I must finish my writing, I am so sleepy that I cannot write well. Good night.

Yours truly

Deidi.