Introduction

This group was also set up to encourage friendship between like minded Timothy Dalton fans and we are now starting to meet and stay with each other across the world too, which I think is just wonderful!!!!!

On September 1st 2000, Petra left Germany to stay with four Timothy Dalton fans in the States, she started by staying with Tina in Ventura California, then she went to Carlos's in Oklahoma this was followed by staying with and meeting Margaret in Ohio and finally she went to stay with Carol in Maryland who has been her pen friend for many years but this is the first time they have ever met.

Next episode will be my write up of meeting members of the group on my round the world trip to Los Angeles and London this will be done in two parts, part one will be Los Angeles and part two will be London of course.

Here then is Petra's long awaited account of going to meet Carol for the first time. - Love Deb

Petra going to meet Carol and family in Maryland, written by Petra.

Carol having a rest.

At the end of September I flew to Baltimore, MD to get go know my dearest long time pen pal and e-mail friend Carol. I tend to call her Pinkie when sending her e-mails. We have been corresponding (about TD) since the late 80s and I was soooo curious to get to know her in person after all this time. Yes, each week of my trip to the USA was so special.

Carol introduced me to some members of her family and her colleagues at work because she had excitedly told many about the September visit. Rick and Carol showed me so many interesting things in the area, which really gave me a world traveller feeling. In the evenings we drooled over videos (of guess who?). Well, after having cooked for my other friends before I had to prepare another red cabbage! - The latest news is that our member Carlos was intrigued to buy a third pot to try making cabbage! - Carol took me to an Amish market, where they make excellent food. We went to Harper's Ferry, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. Somehow we really got into horse riding, not real ones, but wooden ones on the merry-go-rounds.

As I had been to the neighbourhood, where she lives, in 1980 I saw all the changes and somehow felt older. Not in a negative sense. Thus I threw a penny into the local pond mall to make sure it will not be another 20 years before I return. Carol is truly a sweetheart. Good that she could not see the tears coming in the airport and on the plane heading back to the Old World. I do hope to see her and Rick sometimes in Germany.