Another Reunion

Laura at the T & P

Today, I had lunch with a friend from Hillsdale whom I hadn't seen in eight years. Laura and I graduated together on a beautiful day in May, then travelled in Europe with a couple of friends for a few weeks. Laura brought pictures of our Continental adventures. As I flipped through the first few pictures, I said, "I think I took these." Sure enough, my handwriting was on the back of each print stating the place. I told Laura that I had a picture of Highgate Cemetery in London on my wall at home. I dragged her there at the end of our trip because I wanted to see Christina Rossetti's grave. Laura said that she was glad we went and that she remembered how remarkable Highgate was. We had fun reminiscing about the ups and downs of backpacking and subsisting on bread, cheese and chocolate. I offered to take her back to the train station at the Texas & Pacific Lofts, and when we walked into the foyer, we remembered how much time we spent together on trains and in train stations all those years ago.