Frederick the Great discussion post 9

[cahn]

...I leave you guys alone for one weekend and it's time for a new Fritz post, lol!

I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)

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Re: Happy Birthday, Heinrich!

[mildred_of_midgard]

Since Lehndorff also remarks on Fritz' birthday (January 24th) a couple of times

This one I know by heart, and you will be unsurprised that I have a calendar reminder in case the day came and went without me noticing. Just as I did for November 6 so we could observe our moment of silence.

(whether or not Fritz himself was present, EC had to throw a reception for it)

Lol, Fritz.

Look, EC, I know you think you want him to show up, but what you really want is a guy with a different personality to show up, so...count your blessings when he's not there.

You absolutely need a driver, because while there's a great and very fast railway connection to Berlin from practically everywhere else in Germany, Wust, Rheinsberg and Küstrin are a public transport nightmare as far as I can see.

Exactly what I had established. I've managed to get in, out, and around Berlin and Potsdam on public transit, but that does not seem to be a thing for small villages and ghost towns in Poland.

Our royal patron is my usual driver on vacations, but your very kind offer I may take you up on, even if he's with me, both because it would be nice to finally meet in person, and because the only thing better than a driver in Wust would be a driver and a German speaker, which criterion sadly neither I nor the royal patron+coachman can fill.

I would almost certainly be there in summer and with plenty of warning, and if we can't make our schedules align, I may ask you to call the relevant parties in Wust and arrange a visit to the church and crypt, preferably with an English-speaking tour guide. (What is the Katte manor's English summer school for if not so I can have an English speaker give me the Katte tour of Wust?) :D

Heinrich's birthday up to Fritz' birthday in 1786 was the last time he saw Fritz alive since he came to Potsdam for the occasion(s).

The only reason I knew before this post what month Heinrich's birthday fell in. :)