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1980s The USA Travel Diaries Travel Writing

The USA Trip Diary – Part 5

Trenna with Mickey Mouse
"Disney World Me & Mickey"

Diary Entries From 25 December to 1 February 1982

The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.

Date: 25/12/81 – 30/12/81

Place: New York

Weather: cloudy and cool

Friday 25th December, Christmas Day.

Unfortunately not a white Christmas but certainly a different Christmas from Perth. My presents included three jumpers, one pair of slippers, one bag, powder and a ticket to the Broadway show The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

My Chrissy meal was totally different, too.  A typical “ding” … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 5”

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1980s The USA Travel Diaries Travel Writing

The USA Trip Diary – Part 4

2 young women in front of a house having a snowball fight
"Snow fight". Trenna on the right hand side, Toni on the left outside the house they stayed in in Boston. 6 December 1981

The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.

Diary Entries From 26 November to 14 December 1981

Date: 26/11/81–2/12/81

Place: New York and Boston

Weather: New York not bad. Boston cold.

Thursday 26th November. Thanksgiving. 

Everything is closed as it’s a public holiday. Bart drove us to Brooklyn Heights where we had a lovely view of New York at night.

Saturday 28th November 

Caught the bus to Boston. Stayed the night at the Ramada Inn.

Sunday 29th

… Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 4”
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1980s The USA Travel Diaries Travel Writing

The USA Trip Diary – Part 2

Two young woman in front of a waterfall.
Apr 6 '82 Laie Polynesian Cultural Centre near the end of their 6 month adventure.

The Diary Commences

By Trenna

The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.

[GM:  Just so you know. In this series Trenna does mention spending the night with a man … a few times.  Nothing explicit is mentioned.]

[GM: at the start of the “My Trip” diary that Trenna was using it had a section for “En Route”.  These are the entries written there.]

En Route/Going There

20/10/81

Left Perth Airport at approximately 12 midnight, about six hours late. First … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 2”