U.S. Wrap Up

 I was sipping Miller High Life out of a champagne flute on my last night in Portland. Cuz Miki knows that's how I like it!

Oh my goodness, yes! Yes, I had an amazing trip home to the good ol' U.S. of A. After six weeks, many microbrews, and more than a handful of burritos I arrived back in Germany with an extra 6 lbs on the frame. I blame it on that last week in Portland. I think we ate out every single meal, but it was totally worth it! It was like we had been restaurant starved for 8 months. Oh wait. We had.

Our good friend Megan is visiting us right now from Portland. She's in the final stage of her therapeutic jet lag recovery program (walk for hours, eat heavy German food, drink dark beer, take afternoon nap) right now so I decided to take this time and write a very short post.

Thank you all for your concern and kind words regarding my grandfather's health. I got to Skype with him and my grandmother this last Sunday and it sounds like he responding well to his treatments. They hinted at a Germany trip once he's recovered. I hope so!

Also, thank you to my family and friends who put up with me in their homes for days on end. While the circumstances of returning home for so long were at times tense and scary, it was so wonderful to catch up and spend time with everyone!

I posted a photo album a few days ago with some of the pictures I took while we were in California and Oregon. Facebook tells me that I "can make this album available to the public" through this link. So you don't have to be my "friend" on Facebook to see it. I think. Eh, let me know if there are any problems

Click here: US Trip - 2011

We'll be traveling with Megs quite a bit over the next couple week. Prague and northern Italy are on deck. It should be pretty epic!