2009: Final Thoughts

It's clear to me, travel is a way of life, a necessity for clear mental health, a path to learning, an opening to locating new friends and extended family.

Among the things I missed while traveling:

• the taco bus near Hillman City
• American friends and family

Among the things I miss about the summer of 2006:

• Madame Simone - such a wonderful person, alive and vital in her 80s
• Madame Bernadette - a home-body who enjoyed living vicariously through my daily adventures
• the friendliness of almost everyone I met
• history around every turn
• beautiful and ever-changing countrysides
• European friends who made the visit a marvelous adventure
• generic chocolate that is so much better than name brands here in the states
• meeting new friends, investing a bit of face time with old friends
• Els and Georges of Lepelstraat, and their kind hospitality over the years
• The Boyz, Ambrose and Les, who allowed me to indulge in this fantasy summer in their French paradise...
  

I don't understand why it took me so long to post this finale...  It's probably because I'd rather be there than here;  I must not be ready to believe I've returned to the states yet, even though it has been over three years now.


All I can say is Thank You all for the experience.