So, we made it. It was nice to sleep in our own bed, but by 4:30 am, the bio-clock was saying \u201cit\u2019s way past time to be up.\u201d The postman just delivered several pounds of mostly insignificant printed matter and one of our bags that decided to spend an extra day in France will arrive shortly.<\/p>\n
Having walked at least 6 kms. a day for the past month, we decided to maintain the regime by hiking to Basha\u2019s Grocery for a few breakfast fixings. Rotterdam and Copenhagen had felt pretty warm, but they really can\u2019t compare to an 85\u00b0 Phoenix morning that includes 80% monsoon humidity.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re incredibly fortunate to have been able to make such a fantastic voyage. We avoided illness, intestinal distress, falls, fractures and most any other malady. We\u2019re equally fortunate to have a comfortable nest to return to. So why then is there just the slightest feeling of \u201cho-hum?\u201d I\u2019ll write it off to a rapid downshift from 5th<\/sup> to 2nd<\/sup> gear. No Metros to hop, no 14th<\/sup> century buildings to photograph, no menus to analyze, no being chastised for two of us sitting at a four-top. Clearly, it\u2019ll take a bit to adapt.<\/p>\n OK. Now what\u2019d I do with that Kazakhstan travel guide?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday, July 29. So, we made it. It was nice to sleep in our own bed, but by 4:30 am, the bio-clock was saying \u201cit\u2019s way past time to be up.\u201d The postman just delivered several pounds of mostly insignificant printed matter and one of our bags that decided to spend an extra day in …<\/p>\n