The diary of two innocents abroad . and I oughtto begin writing in diary form. Itsa strange thing but when you getright up to an enormity like Francein these days there isnt much to sayabout it. Youre part of it, andsince youre part of it you go onbeing as ordinary as ever, no matterhow big the thing itself is. If I remember what people say indiaries—those who go on travels:All is ready for the start. I carryone big bag and a laundry sack, andwear my blonde coat which is theenvy of all. We have maps, flasks,and some very good dice. I dontknow what we end up in but westart off in a Pierce Arrow
The diary of two innocents abroad . and I oughtto begin writing in diary form. Itsa strange thing but when you getright up to an enormity like Francein these days there isnt much to sayabout it. Youre part of it, andsince youre part of it you go onbeing as ordinary as ever, no matterhow big the thing itself is. If I remember what people say indiaries—those who go on travels:All is ready for the start. I carryone big bag and a laundry sack, andwear my blonde coat which is theenvy of all. We have maps, flasks,and some very good dice. I dontknow what we end up in but westart off in a Pierce Arrow. TheRed Cross has secured our passes— 26 The Diary of Two and as we enter each new country aletter is to be given us so that wecan get through without any dailylaisser-passer, permis-de-sejour andall that sort of thing, dont youknow. Colonel Burlingame is to gowith us. I dont know what rela-tion he is to the San Franciscosuburb but hes just as sunny. My last night in Paris and I spendit writing in a green book! Cruelsacrifice!. Col. Burr and the two innocents repairing car. Innocents Abroad 27 Epernay, April 25th. We have been today over the bat-tle fields of the Marne—slightly im-peded by our car which refused togo on the trip having been over theground a number of times and beingconscious that the roads were slightlycut up. You would think anyAmerican car would be grateful forany kind of a French road but theysoon get spoiled over here. There isnothing dull about a delay on theMarne battle fields however. Youcan step out of your car right intohistory. Meaux was the first bigstop with its beautiful old flour millsbuilt off the middle of the bridge—the bridge the English blew up in1914, which successfully stopped theadvance of the Germans in that di-rection. This territory is all the more in-teresting to us, for, while the Britishand the French occupied it at first,it is largely taken over now by ourtroops. There are rough monuments 28 The Diary of Two at various cross
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