Back in body but not in spirit

I'm back but my head is not. It's Friday already but what happened to the week? Traveling is like many things in which you must take the bad with the good. The looooooooong flights and annoyances of standing in lines, lugging bags around, not eating right, not sleeping...it's all worth it for the enjoyment of the destination. Unfortunately there is no such excitement at the end of the trip home. Sure, the kitties were glad to see us and we them, but the vacation is over. There's no milk in the fridge and no bread either. We unpack the bags and pile up the laundry to do later. It's back to work the next day and I'm expected to jump back in as if I hadn't left. Grumble.

I have loads and loads of pictures and really want to organize them into a travel log. I got as far as downloading them from the compact card into the computer. It's a start. But uploading them onto the internet will take much longer. There are many pictures. Did you know that a 1 gig card in a Nikon Coolpix 5700 will give you over 999 pictures on fine resolution? The counter read that for quite a while too. Sad thing is, I wish I took more pictures.

I really want to talk about the trip and other stuff I'm doing but it'd be more interesting with a few pictures. But getting the pictures inserted into this blog will take time. And our DVR is nearly full so guess where my priorities are.

So I'll just give an ultra quick synopsis until I can give it justice:

Amsterdam
Bikes
Groovy people
Canals
Beer
Fries with mayo
Nuit toegang (Het Nederlands is een grappige taal)
Light until ten
Van Gogh (pronounced by the Dutch as Van Gaaaach - with something stuck in your throat. There is no English word for comparison)
Anne Frank
Tram
Rain
Train
Plain
Spain
Brussels
Café
Tiny hotel room doubles as sauna
Grand Place
Tourists flock to see statue of peeing boy
Sunshine
Cobblestones
La bande dessinée treasure hunt
Art Nouveau
Galeries Saint-Hubert
Chocolate
Dinner with friends
Glimpse of Eiffel Tower
Le Mans
Cars, old and new
Parade
Garden
24 Hours
Sweltering
Corvette
Wonderful hospitality
Cheese
Long drive
Little sleep
Airports
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