You made me laugh, but it was the laughter of remembered pain. Oh, you poor dear! That was a fairly hellish trip home, but at least you didn't end up sleeping on a park bench somewhere...

I am leaving for Europe in exactly two weeks...whoo hoo!...and will be spending the month of Sept. in Provence (1 week) and bumming around Germany on the train (3 weeks). I'll think of you as I pass through Lyon on my way from Stuttgart to Aix-en-Provence....