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Chelsea Henderson
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Traveling through Europe after graduating from Boston University.
Chelsea Henderson made a friend she will never forget
"I was staying in a youth hostel in Edinburgh, and I had slept really
late one morning Someone tame in to clean up the room and hadn't seen me
sleeping Well, he broke out the vacuum cleaner and was cleaning away, while
singing at the top of his lungs It really scared me and I practically tumped out
of bed1 I guess I sort of freaked him out, too, because he dropped the vacuum
We both started laughing "
They started talking and found out they went to college near each other
"He was an American and had graduated the year before and gone traveling
through Europe When he came to Edinburgh, he fell in love with the city and
decided to stay He was cleaning rooms at the hostel for room and board, and
tended bar at a nearby pub for extra money He said he was never going home “
The next day, he took Chelsea around Edinburgh, showing her the castles,
museums and famous buildings
He was the perfect tour guide because he had been living in Edinburgh for
four months He knew every place to go That night we went to see a band
play at a pub and we stayed up half the night talking He was a great friend,
I still get letters from him once in a while "
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