NOTE FROM ET

Hi Ann and some others, I know you are dying to know where I really am in real time, so here it is: 

I have arrived at the Baltic Sea, in a tiny village called Benz on an island called Usedom for a family reunion.  No blogging from Germany - now I am on vacation, but a few Mali blogs will still roll in.  Internet here is hard to come by, too - I have to use somebody's office or bike for 6 Miles, so I will use it sparingly.   Happy summer to you all.  I will be back by the end of July.  Thanks for your comments - as always, I love reading them. 

Thanks for your support on this trip.  It was a great experience.  I am not sure it changed me much (as Ann suggested in one of her comments), but it certainly added a new layer. 

ET