Thursday, 11 June 1987 & Beyond: It’s Been Quite a Life!

July 6-7, Denver, Colorado My trip back to the USA worked out fine. There were no hassles with Zimbabwean customs officials over the BMW auto parts I was bringing in and Robson’s grateful relative met me on Thursday afternoon at the station in Bulawayo to collect them. I spent Thursday night with Adrian and Penny Feather in Bulawayo, the English couple who had hosted me for several days the previous year. On Friday, they took me to the airport for my overnight flight on British Airways to London. I spent a couple days in London getting to know that fascinating city. Then on to Northern Ireland where I travelled around for a few days. My positive interactions with Protestants and Catholics convinced me that spending time there to write about the serious conflicts in that society would yield a wealth of good stories. From there I took a train to Dublin where I was treated to great Irish hospitality and that pub tour I mentioned in my last...