Winter has come and gone,
but the snow and cold remain. Between snowfall and just the routine of going to work and coming home this winter has been kind of boring. Notwithstanding, I have had the chance to visit a few new places and re-visit a few old favorites. I hit up the Christmas Markets in Trier and Bernkastel-Kues on the Mosel River and then had the chance to revisit both places most recently with Blake on his vacation here. Strasbourg and Reims in France made for some nice getaway weekends. Despite the hoopla surrounding the terror attacks in France and then more refugee related events and concerns over the past few months, I have not seen any trouble. All is going along well and I have less than 6 months to go before returning to the USA just in time for the 
election thrills and chills. My plans include a weekend trip to Barcelona, Spain and hopefully, G-d willing and the creek don’t rise, Morocco. I just got back from seeing Blake off after his 8 day visit. It is always a little bit sad, but we had a great time and saw some cool stuff that I haven’t seen before and had a lot of time for talking and just hanging out. I am reminded time and again how quickly time goes by and the importance of enjoying the little things and to live deep and suck the marrow out of life. see the video of Blake's trip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt6NAyySFvc 
