Another chapter begins

Or maybe it's a bunch of chapters. It should be. I hope it is.A lot has happened since I started my vacation from blogging. Well, it was more like AWOL, but I'm back, inspired by hanging out in Denny's on Congress Street in Portland, 4AM, sitting in the back corner, my computer plugged into an extension cord that the manager kindly provided for me, loud music in the background and an Original Grand Slam (two eggs, two pancakes, two strips of bacon, two links of sausage) in front of me fueling this morning's episode.Yes! A lot has happened. And I hope to get it all down, backdated to provide a sense of time and history as well as to deliver the facts.My head is full of Moments. I captured a few, too damned few, on our trip to Sienna for Daniel and Dana's wedding. But most of them are only in my head. They's in full color. Large as life, but I can't show them to anyone. And that's a pisser, I really want to share them. So in no special order here's a recitation of some of the things that I'd like to write about: (and when I do, I'll update this post with links). Here goes:Hanging out with the BorgThe plan and the resultT-Mobile everywhereQuantum versus the QM 2If this is Friday, it must be NewarkWe're on a boatT-shirt regretsReady Player 1Altered CarbonFight night!Breakfast in the 270, first and last timeHome in the WindjammerThings I wish I knew before QuantumBehind the scenesQuantum PowerCartagena, Spain IMallorcaClimbing wallTired of eating!The Barcelo SantsBarcelona private tourSagrida FamiliaScouting the stationTrain to NarbonneHotel du MidiCarcasonneGood bye little credit card!Dinner in NarbonneDriving across FrancePaul vs McDonaldsThe car return in NiceNo train!What God could do if She had money: the Cote d'Azure and MonacoMcGuyver's emergency air conditionerBecause it's a Fiat!Driving through ItalyOld friends in old SiennaAnyone have a car seat?My friends the kittensOld friends at the villaWine tourThe villa: what you can do with a few hundred yearsThe sculpture garden, museum or whateverSienna's best jokesThe weddingNicest compliment in yearsOff to VeronaShopping in VeronaTrain to BerlinOld friends in new BerlinBerlin to SzczecinSzczecin hospitalitySzczecin tourSzczecin to BerlinBerlin to LondonUber in LondonLondon imagesLondon to SouthamptonTaxi troublesThe QM2Captain John CleeseBrooklynWhew! That's going to take a while, assuming I carry through.