Reunited and it feels so good.....also, what has happened since we left PHL.

We're finally all back together!  Vader arrived this afternoon, about 7 hours late.....  We were a couple of nervous parents waiting for him.  But, he seems OK, and he seems to approve of the new digs, so I guess we're good.

Our flight on Monday night was cancelled, so we ended up catching a flight to Boston in order to get another flight to Frankfurt.  Boston sucked.  We arrived in a domestic terminal and had to take a nasty ass bus to the international terminal.  Then, we had to do security AGAIN!  And this time around, they apparently thought Adam was Al Qaeda.  He spent about an extra 20 minutes being VERY closely screened.  In retrospect, maybe having a whole bag full of shoes in the post Shoe Bomber world is not a good idea, particularly when traveling with a one-way ticket.  Oh well, live and learn.

The apartment is very nice, but very white.  Vader should we omnipresent any minute now since he sheds about 10 pounds of black hair every hour.  The TV is dead, so we have a new one on order.  We discovered the local grocery shops yesterday, and they are definitely adequate.  And, there are a few produce stands only a few blocks away.  All in all, things here seem cheaper than in the US.  In particular, wine is DIRT cheap!  Some bottles are less than 1 Euro!  Also, they have pre-mixed cans of Jack and Coke.  That would be a dangerous commodity in the US.....

Prior to leaving the US, we stocked up on various HABA's (health and beauty aids) in case we were unable to find them here.  The face lotion I use to maintain my boyish good looks costs about $9 back home, and we bought 4 bottles.  $4 here!

Cable, internet and phone got installed today, but I failed to ask what our phone number is.  So, there's that little problem....  And, until our new TV arrives, we really don't know if the cable works......


Last night, while walking back from our delicious dinner of falafel with hummus, we found this gem.  I'll reserve comment......