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The View From Here Friday morning Jan. 8
Chapter Two: The people we meet
A day after Joan & Al left we met we met Jennifer walking the beach. She was a nice, classy woman. She said she liked Grace’s earrings, and wouldn’t you know it before I new it they were talking about books. Well pretty soon Jennifer and her husband Tom were invited over to our place for a beer and more chit chat. They are from Utah and were on a road trip through the Keys. They are cyclists and had their expensive road bikes with them but were scared to take them out for fear of salt damage which gets into everything around here. Ours although they are new and OK, are not expensive like theirs and because we use them all the time are already completely covered in rust so we had no trouble sharing them a day or so with them. In fact Tom serviced them, blew up the tires a bit, and brought them back in better shape then when they left. So another friendship got started. We celebrated Christmas together with a fine meal. We had some great talks. We have an invitation to come to Utah some day and who knows, we might just go there. Most of all we met some fine folks from another part of the USA who taught us a little more about what it is to be American! It finally came time for both of us to move on, but once again, we have some fine memories.
Chapter Two: The people we meet
A day after Joan & Al left we met we met Jennifer walking the beach. She was a nice, classy woman. She said she liked Grace’s earrings, and wouldn’t you know it before I new it they were talking about books. Well pretty soon Jennifer and her husband Tom were invited over to our place for a beer and more chit chat. They are from Utah and were on a road trip through the Keys. They are cyclists and had their expensive road bikes with them but were scared to take them out for fear of salt damage which gets into everything around here. Ours although they are new and OK, are not expensive like theirs and because we use them all the time are already completely covered in rust so we had no trouble sharing them a day or so with them. In fact Tom serviced them, blew up the tires a bit, and brought them back in better shape then when they left. So another friendship got started. We celebrated Christmas together with a fine meal. We had some great talks. We have an invitation to come to Utah some day and who knows, we might just go there. Most of all we met some fine folks from another part of the USA who taught us a little more about what it is to be American! It finally came time for both of us to move on, but once again, we have some fine memories.
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No offence but... When we meet people here and they find out we are Canadian they are always relieved to hear that we are not Americans. It is strange but normal too that you are travelling in the US. I have come across this negative attitude towards Americans so much that I have become thankful that I am not an American. I bet your American friends would be quite offended by that. It's an interesting conversation.
ReplyDeleteJust a short reply, Sarah. Don't get too sucked in by the anti-American attitude you come across. After being here 2 months I can honestly say there were many moments I envied my friends and wished I were American too. The list would make a great blog.
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