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Yes, we’re back, and California is every bit as wonderful as we remembered.

We’ve packed, cleaned, laundered, closed up, shut down, cleaned some more, and now we’re sitting around waiting for it to be late enough to go have our last German meal at our favorite local Braurei. Our boarding passes are printed. We get on a plane tomorrow at 9 a.m. and roll into Berkeley that night. [...]

In general I don’t post outrageous things people write on the internet although I’ve come across many gems in the course of my expanded blog-reading this summer. But this one I couldn’t resist. I’ve been reading a long exchange on a conservative blog (”View from the Right”) about whether—I’m not kidding—women should have the right [...]

In addition to the normal array of eggs, breads, and cheeses, the restaurant where we ate brunch on Sunday offered this on the menu:
Italian breakfast: cup of espresso, glass of water, and a cigarette

There are new pictures up in the Berlin album from cousin Michael’s visit to Berlin. Now we have at least one witness!

You may also notice that gallery has a new look. Bryan has been doing a lot of work lately to update the design of gallery and overt. I’m a big fan.

Time for my overdue post about last weekend! Events of note included a beer festival, a visit to a concentration camp, and the baking of a peach pie. I choose to write about…the beer fest!

This was the sort of event we were expecting to find in Germany: 3 kilometers of tents and stands where breweries [...]

Three things to love about seeing movies in Berlin:
1. Plenty of American movies make it over in English. We’ve seen Oceans 13 (so tragically bad I was embarrassed for everyone in the cast), Harry Potter 5, and The Simpsons. We’ve passed on Clerks 2.
2. Giant mugs of beer are the perfect compliment to salty theater [...]

Our pictures from the weekend in Prague are up. (In general, we found it to be as beautiful and touristy as everyone says it is. Bryan has a bit more description.) I’ve also added a few to our “Around Berlin” album of our continued city-exploration.
Here’s a shot from the Charles Bridge in Prague: