Well, I’m back in LA, and still shaking off the last of the jet lag. I have been home since late Sunday night and I have dreamt about Europe every single night since I got back.
I had an amazing trip, and I want to thank everyone I met along the way for helping to make it the vacation of a lifetime for me (in chronological order):
Gary Denn (aka Gary from Albany), Kerttu and Elina from Finland, David and Gloria from Minnesota, the Irish couple and the Scottish couple I had dinner with in Nice (I don’t remember getting any names), Catherine from Montreal, Candice, Liz and Monica from Chicago (you saved my ass at the Pont du Gard), Anne-Cécile (my new old friend in Paris), Amber at Vlaming Eten en Drinken in Amsterdam, Mr. & Mrs. Gary Coleman (not that Gary Coleman) from San Jose, Axel & wife (name forgotten) & Benji (their dog) from Brussels, Christine from San Francisco, Dave and Catherine from Charlotte, Tatyana and Veronica from Siberia, Nivia from Puerto Rico, Jason from Minnesota, and of course, Bernd, Timo (Bernd’s co-worker) and Anemone, who made sure I had somewhere to go and someone to be with on my birthday. That was huge, and I will never forget you all for being there with me.
And a special thanks to my friends in LA who introduced me to their friends overseas: Dave Schulz & Lino Wiehen. Thanks for the hook-ups, guys. They made a big difference!
And a bonus thank you to my good friends Meredith and John, who gave me some incredibly useful (and some less so [John]) travel-related gifts before I left.
And of course, a big thanks to my Mom & Dad for donating their airline miles so that I could upgrade to Business Class. What an enormous difference. Now I’m spoiled and can never fly Coach again. They also paid for a bunch of the travel gear that I took along. Thank you!
Lastly, let me just say that I brought a lot of photos back with me. I am working on getting them edited and organized. When they have been uploaded, I will post the link(s) on this blog.
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Mike,
Thanks for inviting us to join you at dinner in Bacharach, and for mentioning us in the above notes. To see our photos of some of the places you visited, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/garywcoleman.
Enjoyed our visit with you.
Gary and Karoline