他乡见远亲 (Connecting with a Relative)

我俩这次的旅行能在见到James的远方亲戚真的很难得。PJG对追逐研究家谱这方面很爱好也很执着，他研究出来的最早的族谱追溯到1720年左右。这次见到的远亲的Alison也是一个研究族谱的爱好者，他俩就是通过这个爱好三年前在Ancestry.com网上认识的。Alison是James的曾姥爷的弟弟的曾孙女。Alison从都不知道她父亲这边在美国竟然有血缘亲戚。从三年前他俩在网上找到彼此，并到今天的亲自相遇，真的很奇妙！

It is really special for us to meet one of James’s distant relatives on this trip. PJG is very keen on the pursuit of genealogy research and he has studied his earliest genealogy dating back to about 1720. Alison, a relative on his mother’s side through a shared great-great grandfather, was also a fan of genealogy and they met online through ancestry.com three years ago. Alison is the granddaughter of James’ great-grandfather’s brother. (Isabel’s grandfather John Lowe). In fact, Eve had met the entire Lowe family as they lived in the same neighborhood together in Liverpool. Alison never knew that her father had a blood relative in America and they were all excited to meet each other. Three years ago they found each other on the Internet, and to meet in person was really wonderful!

这次Alison带着她的妈妈Eve做了三个多个小时的出租车来到伦敦。她的妈妈走路不是很方便，所以选择了出租车, 而且她们认识出租车司机，所以出租车费不会那么贵。昨天晚上我们去了一家土耳其饭店饭店，她们竟然请了我们！这还真像中国人的作风，如果在美国应该就AA了吧，😂哈哈😂。

Alison and her mother, Eve, took a three hour taxi ride to London. Her mother had some difficulty walking, so they chose a taxi, and they knew the taxi driver, so the taxi fare would not be so expensive. We met them at their hotel and then later they treated us to a Turkish restaurant for dinner!!

今天下午我们在她们的住酒店Bloomsbury一起喝了著名的英式下午茶。我们点的是英式奶油茶点，是一种相对简单的下午茶，搭配有茶、司康饼、凝脂奶油和果酱。英文名听起来像是奶油放到茶里面，但是其实奶油是和茶点一起吃的 😅 听着Alison和她妈妈的英式口音，喝着着英式下午茶，突然感觉自己都不是自己了 😁

This afternoon we had the famous English afternoon tea together at their hotel, Bloomsbury. We ordered the English Cream Refreshment, a relatively simple afternoon tea with tea, scones, clotted cream and jam. The English name sounds like cream is put into tea, but in fact cream is eaten with tea 😅 Listening to the British accent of Alison and her mother, drinking British afternoon tea, I suddenly feel that I am not myself 😁

Alison和Eve女士非常友好，和蔼可亲又不失风趣，讲了很多有趣的故事，她们很注重历史。我和PJG很高兴和她俩见了面，也很感谢她俩辛苦地赶过来。这次奇妙的经历会成为我们的记忆珍藏下去。

Alison and Eve were very friendly, lovely, amiable and humorous, sharing a lot of interesting stories, and they are very focused on their shared history. PJG and I were delighted to meet them, and were grateful to them for coming all the way to London to meet us. This wonderful experience will be a long lasting memory of the importance of maintaining connections with our past.