November 15-19 Our final stop in Europe is Amsterdam, a city both Cal and I have wanted to visit for a long time. When we were in Bordeaux, our lovely host Bonnie even commented, "You two look like Amsterdam people," which we took as a compliment. Amsterdam is famous for its welcoming of debauchery, but it is also an incredibly beautiful city with amazing things to see beyond the Red Light District (though of course we had to pay a visit there as well for the full experience)

November 13-15 Those of you who are following our itinerary closely might be wondering why we are back in Germany. Our journey has taken a strangely circuitous route, but for good reason. We had the opportunity to see my dear friend--Ella Kim--perform as a part of the DanceWorks Chicago Company, and we couldn't pass that up! We had this trip back to Deutschland in the plans for a while, but didn't know we would be journeying back north from Italy until last week, when we deci