So, really, I'm just posting to let you all know we made it back to the slightly safer confines of our sunny Aguadulce-ian flat. I sent Suzy off to the beach while I started laundry (a month's worth of dirty clothes is not refreshing at all!) and found myself a quick minute after plugging in all appliances to charge and refresh to relax with a sigh and boot the ol' computer back up. You see, despite however many times my wife will stress that she hates being connected through a virtual plugin to things, I love it. I thrive on it. Honestly, I'm not sure how people made it through the depression without the internet. I suppose that's how it must've started...
We're back, we're sick of traveling, and we are so incredibly grateful that we got to see all of the places that we did. Now it's time to go back to work like the rest of 'em.
And keep those gym comments coming if you would guys; I'm really digging them!
So it's back off to the quiet paced role of our former selves with a reminiscent touch of salt in the air.
Love you all,
Greg and Suzy
Update:
I just wanted to explain the new Brussels pic we used to your immediate left in the browser window.
There are some statues that are within Belgium (they're not sure which is the oldest but they argue it's either the one in Brussels or in Geraardsbergen and the others would just be replicas) called the Manneken Pis. It is a boy (the statue is only a foot tall or so) urinating into a fountain. Those that know Chan and Bastian might remember a cork screw of a naked young boy (a present Bastian sent over a few years ago)? Sometimes, they dress the statue, and apparently they at one time used a liquor for the boy to urinate into the fountain (sometimes, if there was a buildup within the piping, so to say, the bystanders would receive a bit of a splashing).
The legend is that the 2 year old Duke Godfrey II of Leuven was hung from a tree during a battle against the Lords of Grimbergen. The baby Duke then urinated on the opposing troops before losing the battle. Way to stick it to the man.
We are in front of the girl, Jeanneke Pis. She's much newer having been placed there in the late '80s whereas the boy was placed (and stolen, then replaced, re-stolen, etc.) as early as the 14th century. I'm imitating the boy while Suzy is imitating the girl. Kudos.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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