I’ve stayed in close touch with the Count and his family, and you may have noticed my recent blog about my decision to return two antique pieces of my folk-dancing dirndl outfit to Bavaria; a lovely silk flowered scarf, and a gold-thread headpiece shaped like a big stiff bow. They had been given to me by his grandmother, the Countess during my stay. I let Count Carl know when I sent them, and he was delighted, and said “our whole family is still involved with that dancing group.”
Just yesterday, I got an excited email from him, telling me that they’d arrived safely. He said, (in German, of course…I’m translating) “They’ve been with you since 1961, and now they come again to us. Such a wonderful idea of yours! I’ll talk with the folk-dancing group to decide who should wear them. Perhaps they could even go to our daughter Clara.”
“Yes, yes, yes! Clara must wear them….they’ll be a gift from her great-grandmother, through me, to her,” I answered. He promised to send me a photo of her wearing them with the entire folk-dancing outfit, and I’ll post it when it arrives.
Meanwhile, here’s one of the card room in the castle. Through the window, you can see one of the arched windows of the church that’s built into one side of the courtyard.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 