Events

The government of Manitoba has just decided to remain on daylight saving time permanently, notwithstanding the clock change scheduled for November 1st:

After sorting out my train drama last Monday, I made it to Aachen, Germany, and thence to the Dreiländereck: the point where Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands meet. I am, as everyone knows, a big geography nerd, and I also like to have an excuse to take a long walk. This satisfied all the objectives.

First run

Just a couple of things I paid attention to today:

I spent a little time this morning getting through one more day's worth of photos. I visited Liège last Monday, my first full day on the Continent.

Today I have one of the most fun parts about returning home from vacation: doing all the adminstrative stuff that piled up for the past 8 days. I have 888 photos to deal with in Lightroom, which will take a while. I've also got to reconcile heaven knows how many credit-card transactions, because everything in Europe these days is cash-free. Plus I need groceries, Cassie needs a walk, and tonight is the first choral rehearsal of the season, so I need to get all this stuff done by 5.

Started in the taxi line at O'Hare T5 after arriving from London.