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gocco envy

college shopping and
wisdom teeth in the same week…
my lucky brother.

rainbow tiles

I’ve always wanted a print gocco, because they seemed like such an easy way to make really awesome stuff… but I never realized just how easy it would be. Look at this, and try and convince yourself you don’t need one.

Now I’ve got to track one down… I heard rumors awhile back that they were going to stop making them… no no no…

(edit: 1.5 hours later… a gocco pg-5 has been successfully ebay’d. now i just have to wait for it to ship from japan… so… impatient…)

home again

i think we travel
to remember how it feels
to come home again.

because it feels really nice.

lamppost at disneyland paris

We landed at 7pm last night (1am france time) and it’s nice to be home. The clock hasn’t quite caught up with me yet, because I woke up at 7 this morning completely voluntarily. That’s not normal. But I’ve got over 1,200 pictures to sort through and a travel journal to finish, fabric to wash and stuff to put away… so the extra morning time was appreciated. My dad and I also mixed up a cheesecake and threw it in the oven! Since apparently we didn’t eat enough sweets on our at-least-twice-daily bakery runs.

I put some thought into the haikus that I missed while I was away; and yes, I will be writing those. I’ve got pictures from each day, so I’ll stick a few in each post. They’ll be backdated, which means they won’t be read as much, but it’ll be fun.

It’s nice to be home.

day 7: time to go

farewell, dear europe,
your pastries will be fondly
recalled in my heart.

heart-shaped danishes

indoor part of fancy german swimming pool

schlosshotel clock tower

rear view of the schlosshotel kronberg

Staying in the most awesome hotel ever also got us into the most awesome pool ever. Part of a recreation center, this pool was half indoor and half outdoor, heated and surrounded by mountains. The indoor part (in the picture) was for laps, but outside was awesome with jets on the walls and huge water sprayers that you could just sit under. There was also a small whirlpool thing that we had a good time floating around.

Then we said goodbye to darling Schlosshotel and headed to the airport, but stopped by a grocery store first to pick up some take-home goodies. Lots and lots of chocolate was procured. We grabbed our last European pastries of the trip from the bakery in the front of the store… the heart-shaped cheese danishes with strawberries were incredible.

After that it was just us being super early to the airport, then boarding the plane, saying goodnight, and flying back in time.