Coming (Back) to America

June 23. 11:10 AM. Home. After two weeks of Europe and travelling since 9:30 AM (Europe time!) on June 22, a few things were in order.

1) Shower. I cannot tell you how long it lasted, since I believe all time and space ceased to exist. It was pure energy. Like a snake shedding its skin, I shed a layer of filth. If I smoked, I would have had a cigarette afterwards, it was that good. But since I don't (and thus, didn't), I had something even better...

2) Mexican food. They do not have good TexMex in Europe, y'all. (There is actually a story behind this sentence, so look forward to that). Our celebration of being home was fed by our good friends at Mi Cocina. Chips, salsa, tacos, pitcher of margaritas, what more could we possibly want? Oh, dear, that hit the spot. We had some good eats and drinks, but there's nothing like good ol' home cooking (which for us, is Mi Cocina).

3) Photos. There would be no possible way to do justice to our stories without having the vast library of photos on the computer. Even after deleting the blurry and just plain ugly, we were left with just shy of 500 photos. 2 weeks. Yep, we were those tourists.

4) Sleep. It was only around 4:00 PM, and it was time for a nap. My plan was just to take a small cat nap, maybe an hour or so. Sure, I was tired after everything, particulary the last day+ of travel, including the 10 hour layover in the Newark airport from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Just enough to re-energize, I thought. I awoke at 2:00 AM, extremely confused, having no idea where I was or what happened. It took me a while to figure things out, but when I did, I rolled off the couch, stumbled upstairs, and crashed in my bed, getting up for good at 7:00 AM. I think 15 hours was a good rest.

5) Laundry. I really should just burn these clothes, but that's just sacrilege for me. Besides, after rewearing them so much, they're like family, really. Perhaps even more so, because I like them (kidding!).

What now? Well, I shall be posting an account of my travels, to the best of my ability. It shall take some editing (not for "adult content" mind you, since that's the best stuff, but simply for length and to fit the format of your TV), and a few days, but I shall do it. Look forward to it, because there are some great tales.