Packing the bags

Well, it's all set now: my flight is booked for the 11th, so I've only got a week to go. Still have to stock up on last minute goods, think about shaving before I leave, and then it's off. Off to home? Off to Germany? We'll see...I've got lots of questions to explore about a place I haven't been in 6 years, a place I like to call home. I'll try to keep up-to-date on this blog here, to make things convenient. Maybe a picture here and there, and some words to let you know my mind's still functional.

For those of you who've never been, I'm off to explore a world that looks like this:

(If it's black, check back in a few hours. Time zones will do that to you.)