back in Germany

Hello everyone! After a very busy few weeks, including our wedding and a whirlwind tour through half of Canada, we're back in Germany. I promise that we'll blog about it soon, but it'll have to come in installments. We're having trouble with our internet connection at home as well, which isn't helping things much, and we're only in town until Friday afternoon (about 48 hours from now) when we've got to catch a train to Berlin for our flight to Cairo. So no promises about blog progress for now, but do keep checking. We'll do what we can. And yes, the cat is fine. Better than fine, actually. Somehow her fur got significantly softer while we were away. I'm not sure if it's just the summer, or if our apartment-sitters brushed her more, or if they snuck a little olive oil into her diet (they're Italian), but she looks and feels wonderful. We'll get some pictures up soon, don't worry. And now back to chipping away at the mountain of emails in my inbox...