Hello, world

Photos from France and Germany are up on facebook. Public links to the albums are here.

In reverse chronological order,
Colmar & Riquewihr, Alsace - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29999&l=794dd&id=500345338
Strasbourg, Alsace - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29997&l=49076&id=500345338
Reims, Verdun, Vezernay, Champagne - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29996&l=b83ae&id=500345338
Paris in 3 parts:
3. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29995&l=ab260&id=500345338
2. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29991&l=a12c1&id=500345338
1. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29989&l=76e93&id=500345338
Rudesheim & Frankfurt, Germany, also in 3 parts:
3. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29988&l=0e9d9&id=500345338
2. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29986&l=a0ad1&id=500345338
1. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29984&l=1c556&id=500345338

Post-mortem? of course, no one died. however, in the spirit of post mortems, i suppose things could've went better for the trip. reflections for my personal consumption heh.

coming back earlier was the right thing to do, without doubt, if not only because of frozen roads and gastric flu, the latter having left me with a bloated digestive tract for the past week.