"I took the long way home"

Can't remember who wrote that song but today it will be my story. It is 6:30 am here (9:30 pm yesterday Victoria time) and I am just getting up. First there is the 40 minute drive to Offenburg, then the two hour train ride to Frankfurt airport. I'll have about a 3 hour wait for my flight to Calgary but the killer will be the 4 hour layover there before the flight to Victoria. So, I'll basically be up for the next 24 hours. Ugh!  The trip has been good and, of course today, the weather is perfect. Not so on much of the trip. Oh well, we can't control the weather, can we?  I loved getting to know Berlin better and exploring Budapest with Nawal. Sharing Alsace with Jo Ann and Jeff was so much fun and it is always a pleasure to spend time with my close friends in Rhinau. Now . . . where to next?  Hmmm. The south of France in September perhaps?  Stay tuned and thanks for reading my blog.