Box 6 Item 03: Edith S. Thistlethwaite letters, 1914-1918 - Page 7

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Sister Weiss invited us to an afternoon & we had a lovely time Dorothy sang but I was sorry I did not hear her, because I had to leave at 5 p.m. – had another engagement for afternoon tea. We don't have afternoon tea here until about 5 or 6 p.m., so you see I shall be quite continental when I return.

We have had some lovely donkey rides down here – wish I could bring one home – Eddy would love one – They are very clever & not at all silly, so I wont mind people calling me a donkey.

Last Tuesday we had a delightful day. Left early in the morning for "Aboukir" another Rest Home on the coast – which has a Noah's Ark (that is supposed to have been in the Crimean War) where some of the sisters sleep – we were round over to it & stayed there about one hour, watched some fine swimming – displayed by the nurses – others got into goun & were rowed to the shallow water & are taught swimming there. None of us went in for a swim – returned to the beach, got donkeys &

[Aboukir – a village in Northern Egypt in the Nile River delta on Bay of Abu Qir. It is located about 23 km NE or Alexandria by rail.]