11th April 1937

11th April 1937

Leutstetten to 27 Queen Road, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Thanks awfully for your good wishes at Easter. I had lots of letters to write, so please forgive for not answering sooner. Besides the sewing lessons which we have twice a week take a lot of time as we work at home too. I finished a black silk blouse and a very nice skirt. I am very proud of it, although I was not as clever as Muck or Deidi. But Deidi did some sewing before she started the lessons so she has a high advantage. Muck and Baby went to a horse race this afternoon. We all were there a fortnight ago. I like them, especially when they’re are steeple-chases. They are most exciting especially when the favourite horses makes a fall. We never bet. Many people do. I think on only losers. I love horses. In Sarvar we do ride, here we can’t as we have no horses here. There is a stud here (I don’t know if that is right I looked it up in a dictionary. I mean a stable where there are also colts) but it is let and the horses don’t belong to us. This last week we had lots of visits and then we made a tour by car all for one day. We went to sightseeing at cloisters and castles up to the Danube to Neuburg. These castles once upon a time belonged to our family. And then we looked at the cloister Scheyern which has been a castle a thousand years ago and of which we are said to descend. Baby was at Moos with a cousin Therese Preysing of us. Next week we are going there although my cousin is in a Sacre-Coeur institute learning there. We are invited to go to a wedding of an acquaintance. Mami, Muck, Baby and Ludwig and I are going, Deidi is not, she is not acquainted with them. So she is probably going to another cousin for a few days. You know we have about 30 first cousins. I hope the wedding will be nice. They say one is to dance a lot. I am very glad of it. I am so very fond of dancing. We already did sailing but not in yacht, only in a small boat. It is a very nice boat, originally made for rowing but we can put up a mast and a sail and it goes quite nicely. I am very sorry we could not do more skiing but there was so very few snow. Now we have most beautiful spring weather. All the flowers are out and the birds are singing, and the trees getting leaves. It’s just lovely. Now I must stop as I want to go out for a walk. Much love and kisses.

Loll

Thank you so much for your dear Easter card. Please excuse that we did not write at Easter, we had all colds at that time and could not go to Munich to buy cards. As Loll has written I was too busy to write longer and I was to silly today as you see. I hope you are all well. I am sewing and drawing a lot now.

With my love.

Deidi