this is where i am:

and this is where i am going:

adam is going home early; he has been sick for most of the trip so far, and made the decision yesterday on the train back to germany that he's not going to spend buckets of money to be miserable. i didnt realize he was going to get off the train when he did, so it was an odd quick goodbye on the platform, feel better, have fun.

all over europe, the male pigeons are puffing up their neck feathers and dancing in circles. in the parks of amsterdam, along the high castle walls of tubingen. the latter, as i witnessed this morning, can prove to be a rather tricky place to try and mate. one bad choice of footing and -fwoop- the bird is dropping into space. babymaking failure.

i am debating the purchase of a pair of hiking boots. unfettered and footloose. all is well.