Woah nelly.

it's been a long and exciting two weeks. and i have so much to tell all of you, from the beauty of salzburg down to the nappiest and worst motel i've ever stayed in. (it had bed bugs)

i am thoroughly broke, but i am now the proud owner of an italian leather jacket, some wine, a crystal necklace from austria and various and sundry other goods.

all in all the trip was excellent. my german was impressive, even to me, and i think i could learn it fairly easily to the point of fluency. that's exciting.

i learned a lot while i was gone, about america, other cultures, myself and evan. i think though that the most important thing i learned over the course of the trip was that i need to eat a lot more (and a lot more frequently) than most people i know. this proved to be a problem in other countries, especially when normal people only get hungry every six hours or so. and i drink a lot of water and that is very expensive in other parts of the world.

it's about 7am my time so i need to sign off and hit the hay. suffice it to say i've missed you all and will post with wonderful and exciting stories in the days to come. i missed blogging so much i had dreams about it.

bye.