Reflections on Our Time in Europe

In Fulda, Germany (August 2010)

We returned a few days ago from Europe. We had a great time as a family visiting friends in Amsterdam and then spent a week at a retreat center northeast of Frankfurt in Germany.
     Susy and I met 25 years ago in Geneva and sort of "grew up" in Europe. We have walked together along cobblestone roads in many a European city - Budapest, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, Paris, Brussels, among others.
     So it was with some nostalgia that we strolled along the streets of Fulda, Germany one day last week. I had forgotten how relaxing it can be to just wander around, stop and get a cup of coffee, and do some "people watching."
     We even managed to take a "tourist" photo of us in a garden next to the Catholic Church in town.