Wow!! It has been a full week since I returned home from my trip (July 8 to 25) to Europe--enough time to recover from the jet lag, but nowhere near enough to come down from an exhilarating and rewarding experience, both personally and professionally. I was very excited to return home to Audrey and the boys, but at the same time it was very difficult to leave Italy, Austria, and Germany behind. It was something of a whirlwind: three days on my own exploring beer gardens and more in Munich, a week with colleagues at the Salzburg Global Seminar, and a final four days in Liguria with cousins. But I don't think I could have packed any more variety or depth into my experience. Just a great, great trip, full of places and people both new and familiar.
Maybe I'll make the time and find the energy to write a more detailed summary account of my trip. Or maybe not. (We're traveling up north next week, and then the Fall semester starts shortly after that.) But I at least have added a rather large selection of photos--from a total pool of more that a thousand--to my Flickr site. The four below provide just a taste.
