"Tell me," said Jack, getting into her eldest sister's lap. Nan always made things pleasant for her.
"Well there is the Englischer Garden, a beautiful park that isn't walled in like some of those in England. There is a playground for children there and fine walks and drives. Then just now the October Fest is going on; it is something like our county fair at home."
"Are there merry-go-rounds and side-shows?"
"Good!" Jack brought her hands smartly together.
"And then there are the museums full of all sorts of interesting things that you will like to see. On Saturdays we can make lovely excursions to Starnberger See or the Isarthal, and on some other days there is music played by military bands in different places. I believe it is every day at the Guardhouse on the Marienplatz, and every other day at the Feldhernhalle on the Odeonsplatz, but we can find out exactly. Those are amusements of the present; in winter there will be other things."
"It will be a fine chance to learn here. About Christmas time there is always a fairy play for children, and at other times there is the marionette theatre that you and Jean will adore. Then, too, we shall probably go to the mountains for the holidays where you can see all sorts of funny doings."
"Oh, _ski-ing_, and _rodeling_ and all that."
"They're funny words, and I haven't the least idea what they mean."
"_Ski_ is spelled with a k, but it is pronounced as if it were _she_, and _rodeling_ means simply tobogganing on a small sled. _Skis_ are great long things something like snow-shoes. I am crazy to learn to _ski_, for it must be something like flying. Then there will be the carnival that begins in January, though I don't suppose we shall see much of that. Besides, Jack," she went on, "the Munich streets are lovely. There are so many pretty squares and parks and fountains, not to mention the shops, so I don't think we could get very lonely or bored. After all I have told you I am sure you will think it is a nice place to be in, and that we shall have a good time here."
"I know I shall when you are around, you dear old Nan," said Jack, rubbing her cheek against her sister's.
"Even Aunt Helen is going to study," Nan said. "She knows French mighty well but her German isn't up to the scratch, she thinks, and she says while studying is in the air she will take advantage of it."