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Eve Drewelowe travel correspondence, 1928-1929
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Esther didn't seem very well but I hope that she is better now. So much could happen and we wouldn't know about it. But we hope that nothing will and eventually we will have made the rounds and will be back home again. Our most tedious and biggest jumps are over now. Through India however, is 3000 miles and from Colombo to Port Said, Egype is an eleven day trip on the ocean, and after they are over Feb. 13 we shall travel with more ease. The distances in Europe are short and we shall be there for 6 months to enjoy a more restful period, I hope. We have had cooler weather now for two days and yesterday we got out our light coats (they had been put away since Nov. 17th) and had not been referred to since) The days will still be hot but the nights will be cool. I am so glad because we were absolutely sapped all the times in the tropics - every move was most fatiguing. I hope that Van will pick up a bit - he has had a most strenuous time on land and a miserable time on the sea. So he really never has a change to come back. He still is not a sailor and misses his meals regularly on the ocean. And now we have been 57 days on the sea somewhere or others. So Fritz stole a march on all of
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Esther didn't seem very well but I hope that she is better now. So much could happen and we wouldn't know about it. But we hope that nothing will and eventually we will have made the rounds and will be back home again. Our most tedious and biggest jumps are over now. Through India however, is 3000 miles and from Colombo to Port Said, Egype is an eleven day trip on the ocean, and after they are over Feb. 13 we shall travel with more ease. The distances in Europe are short and we shall be there for 6 months to enjoy a more restful period, I hope. We have had cooler weather now for two days and yesterday we got out our light coats (they had been put away since Nov. 17th) and had not been referred to since) The days will still be hot but the nights will be cool. I am so glad because we were absolutely sapped all the times in the tropics - every move was most fatiguing. I hope that Van will pick up a bit - he has had a most strenuous time on land and a miserable time on the sea. So he really never has a change to come back. He still is not a sailor and misses his meals regularly on the ocean. And now we have been 57 days on the sea somewhere or others. So Fritz stole a march on all of
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