Well, lessee... last year at this time, we were sipping wine in a
Paris cafe, and 2 years ago we had a singularly crappy experience in a faux Scottish bar in Rome (as I recall, our Italian waiter was incensed we tipped him "only" 20% that evening for his gag-awful service
). This year we're back in our hometown of Portland eating take-n-bake pizza, cracking open a $10 bottle of wine, watching
A Christmas Story and enjoying this view from our balcony-- that's Mount Hood which you can see from downtown Portland (look to the Northeast, and you may even see Mount St. Helens on a clear night too).
B and I would like to thank our readers (and all you lurkers too-- hey, why not subscribe?) for stopping by over the year. It's been a dynamic one to be sure-- we really were not prepared to head home quite yet, but hey you gotta play the hand you've been dealt. We'll spend our post-Christmas rekindling an old tradition with our friends-- heading out to the rugged Oregon Coast, and planning our first "real" getaway for 2012. Not to jinx it, but look out Canada!
We wish everybody a happy holiday season and a great 2012.
3 comments:
It must be a head-spinner to think of where you were in recent years past and try to square it with being back home. Watching non-dubbed 'Ami' films and eating probably some pretty righteous pizza with a view of Mt. Hood looming in the distance must be a far cry from Nuernberg at Christmas.
Frohe Weihnachten und 'nen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
Happy New year to your guys and I'll warn my home country of your pending visit. ;)
Come up to Vancouver - we got room for ya!
Geo
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