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as a trust and a member of their family.

It was a perfect pairing and the two couples would do more than keep in touch, they kept the
story alive.

Select ions from Carolyn's European Advent ure Journal, most ent ries made while

riding in t he MGC, t he best t ime t o cat ch up on t he sight s t hat she was seeing,
court esy of Carolyn and Rut h Mahoney.

Sept . 2- We leave from Boston airport on T.W.A at in the evening see some wonderful plays.
9:40 pm for London. This is the first time either of
Sept . 6-Leave London and drive into the country to
us have traveled outside of America. Thomas is 27
get the 500 miles needed before the new car
yrs. old and I am 24.
tune-up. Our destination is northern England and
Sept . 3-We land, ride on a 2-storied bus into Edinburgh Scotland. On the way we spend thenight
London, arrive at Victoria Station, and take a taxi to in Nottingham at Forest Park Hotel and have our
Snow Hotel (139-140 Cromwell Rd). In the first taste of fish and chips with vinegar.
afternoon, Thomas picks up the green MGC he
Sept . 7-Towns we passed through: Alnwick, Bewick
ordered and we name it The Green Machine.
upon Tweed, to Edinburgh. We fall in love with this
Sept . 4-The Green Machine won't start. The choke city's dark, purple personality.
is too tight, or we don't know how to use it properly.
Sept . 8-Left Edinburgh to return to London.
Once resolved, off we go into maniac English traffic
Through Galashiels, Selkirk, Askirk, Hawick, Newmill,
hoping we'll remember to drive on the wrong side
Teviothead, Langholm (think these were in
of the road.
Scotland-) and then in England: Longtown, Carlisle,
Sept . 5-We park The Green Machine and take the Penrith, Appleby. (Please excuse any erroneous
London subways to museums, palaces, spellings. I didn't verify each as I had to quickly
Westminster cathedral and abbey, parliament, and record them from road signs as we zoomed by)

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