a treatise on the tubers of sub-saharan africa

i'm making stew! right now though it doesn't smell/taste or look that good. the wine must have to cook down. and i probably over did it with the dog poop. but let's not get ahead of ourselves. proper stew isn't worth a damn until the day after anyway.*

staying with the JT machine has been great. all the comforts of home plus good beer.
yesterday we took a trip on the train that goes south down the Rhine. it was great. castles everywhere and lots of loud american talking on the train. there are a lot of white people here. have i mentioned that?

time passes slowly up here in the mountains.

most people know that i'm not going to miss another new years in america, but i'm still not sure when i'll be home. and if i was, i wouldn't tell you would i? just make sure that you are prepared for 2011 with plenty of Sean action.

may you always do for others and let others do for you

now that i've spent some time in Europe, South America (and the stupid Antarctic) is the only continent i haven't been to. and i've been to Mexico. that's basically the same right? that'll get fixed for the 2014 World Cup. my plan for that is to fly down to Patagonia** and grove on up to Brazil for the games. who's with me? good.

let me die in my footsteps before i go down under the ground

i haven't been taking a lot of photos in Germany. stuff here just doesn't wow me like in Africa. buildings and such are cool, but they don't make you think "holy crapola- i need a picture of that b/c i'll never be here again".
maybe that's wrong, but i know i'll be back to Europe. its just too easy. what isn't easy is thinking about going back to America. i bet there are a lot of white people there. weird.

when i get home i'm going to post a photo everyday-ish and write a little story/background about it. so i hope these last few months of non-blogging is made up for by that.


*update- it looks a lot better now!
**also a good place to venture off into the Artic waters of the southern pole!