To: Mr & Mrs J. Hall,
Box 49
Eikenhof (TVL)
Johannesburg
Afrique du Sud.
28.3.76
Dear John and Nola,
Today a week ago we were still in New Delhi with Eve and Tony and the boys and the whole thing looks like a dream.
We arrived on the 28.2 in New Delhi and were happy to see the whole family fit and in good health. The boys have grown very much, Phil is just about the size of Tony and the twins are above average.
We stayed untill the 22nd March, as our visa ran out and we did not want to go through all the ceremony of asking for an extension. It also got hotter and I don't know how I would have supported the heat. The extra week would also have passed, so we decided not to go to all the trouble with the authorities and leave on the 22nd.
I cannot tell you how happy we have been to see such a lovely family, so happy and united. It is rare to experience sucha thing and we have both all the reasons to be proud of them (when I say goth I mean you and us ). There is such a wonderful relationship between Eve and Tony and between the parents and the children, that one cannot wish for anything better.
The boys have not a trace of badness in them, they are as pure as crystal, even if they are sometimes naughty like boys are. During our whole stay we did not have a cross word or even anything similar to it. It was the happiest three weeks of our life.
The merit of this happiness goes to both Eve and Tony and they are both lovely persons. They are highly respected by all the people we met and very much liked and esteemed.
They also have a nice house and it is well arranged and nicely furnished and very homely. It is well run, as the cook they have is really first class and his wife is also quite good. Eve and Tony work hard and they often get up early to do some work before breakfast.
We met some of their friends, amongst them a former ambassador of India to France, most parts of Africa and Eastern countries. He is a charming man now retired and his youngest son is the friend of Phil.
He is highly cultured and the esteem in which he holds Eve and Tony is a pleasure to see.
The whole family went out of their way to make our stay as nice as possible and we cannot enough appreciate it.
We saw quite a lot of Delhi and went to Agra, Jaipur and Benares and enjoyed every minute of it. The sights are really incredible and we have not imagined it in that way. The people generally speaking, even knowing that we were South Africans, were nice and courteous and we can only talk about the best experiences.
It was altogether a big success until we came back to Amsterdam. We flew air india charter from Amsterdam to to Delhi, but as the charter flight did not go, they put us on the regular flight with no charge. So we flew on a 707 to Amsterdam. It was freezing cold and we disliked Amsterdam (which we knew already).
Even the flight on KLM was rotten in comparison with Air India.
I hope that you are both well and that things are going alright.
With kindest regards and love we are
Your
Lisa and Richard
Box 49
Eikenhof (TVL)
Johannesburg
Afrique du Sud.
28.3.76
Dear John and Nola,
Today a week ago we were still in New Delhi with Eve and Tony and the boys and the whole thing looks like a dream.
We arrived on the 28.2 in New Delhi and were happy to see the whole family fit and in good health. The boys have grown very much, Phil is just about the size of Tony and the twins are above average.
We stayed untill the 22nd March, as our visa ran out and we did not want to go through all the ceremony of asking for an extension. It also got hotter and I don't know how I would have supported the heat. The extra week would also have passed, so we decided not to go to all the trouble with the authorities and leave on the 22nd.
I cannot tell you how happy we have been to see such a lovely family, so happy and united. It is rare to experience sucha thing and we have both all the reasons to be proud of them (when I say goth I mean you and us ). There is such a wonderful relationship between Eve and Tony and between the parents and the children, that one cannot wish for anything better.
The boys have not a trace of badness in them, they are as pure as crystal, even if they are sometimes naughty like boys are. During our whole stay we did not have a cross word or even anything similar to it. It was the happiest three weeks of our life.
The merit of this happiness goes to both Eve and Tony and they are both lovely persons. They are highly respected by all the people we met and very much liked and esteemed.
They also have a nice house and it is well arranged and nicely furnished and very homely. It is well run, as the cook they have is really first class and his wife is also quite good. Eve and Tony work hard and they often get up early to do some work before breakfast.
We met some of their friends, amongst them a former ambassador of India to France, most parts of Africa and Eastern countries. He is a charming man now retired and his youngest son is the friend of Phil.
He is highly cultured and the esteem in which he holds Eve and Tony is a pleasure to see.
The whole family went out of their way to make our stay as nice as possible and we cannot enough appreciate it.
We saw quite a lot of Delhi and went to Agra, Jaipur and Benares and enjoyed every minute of it. The sights are really incredible and we have not imagined it in that way. The people generally speaking, even knowing that we were South Africans, were nice and courteous and we can only talk about the best experiences.
It was altogether a big success until we came back to Amsterdam. We flew air india charter from Amsterdam to to Delhi, but as the charter flight did not go, they put us on the regular flight with no charge. So we flew on a 707 to Amsterdam. It was freezing cold and we disliked Amsterdam (which we knew already).
Even the flight on KLM was rotten in comparison with Air India.
I hope that you are both well and that things are going alright.
With kindest regards and love we are
Your
Lisa and Richard
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