Back in the U.S.S.A.

Hey guys, I'm back! The trip felt like it lasted months, but now that I'm back it seems as if nothing has changed in this stagnant town called Middlebury.

With only one bag, a Mastercard and a Eurail Pass, Andrea and I went from Madrid to Barcelona to Geneva to a town outside of Zurich to Stuttgart to Paris. We saw everything from Gaudi's Parc Guelle to the vendors of the Montreux Jazz Festival to the homeland of 'Heidi' to German soccer fans to the Centre de Pompidou. I'll post some pictures at some point, when my laziness subsides and I revert to a somewhat productive summer. And any questions of interest are more than welcome, just email me, make a post or gimme a call.

Oh yeah, which reminds me, we checked out Tubigen (I'm not quite sure that's how you spell it), a German town outside of Stuttgart which is the home of a 500 year old University. My parents lived there for a while, so my dad decided to show Drea and I around (we met up with him briefly in Germany). And in the middle of the streets, I ran into this kid who graduated from my high school 4 years ago! I knew his family pretty well, it was incredibly weird just seeing him walking down the street as a foreign exchange student learning German. At first, I imagined the probability to be off the charts, but of all the people I know from Middlebury (about 8,000 people), he would be more likely to be seen. After all, he was Italian, had a love for learning languages and travelling Europe, and had the family background of taking excursions to the Western part of the Old World. I wonder...

But, all in all, the main purpose of this blog is to inform all of you:

TASP Reunion, Henrik's House.

I understand that many of you, possibly all, will not be able to make it (let alone read this blog). But I will contact all of you individually by email or phone to get the concensus of your plans and more information. August 7th is the planned date for about 3-4 days, and everyone can stay in my reasonably large house. But if it turns out a later or earlier date would work better, I'll see if I can change plans. Anyhow, for those who can make it, let me know as soon as possible.

Henrik

P.S. Anyone heard of Madeline Peyroux? and Rid, did you get the package?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEREDITH, BRINGER OF DRY HUMOR INTO ALL BLOGS