Life moves on. Fortune, circumstance, and opportunity find your humble narrator residing in Deutschland for the foreseeable future. A scenario not previously imagined or directly desired, but accepted openly when presented. I was out of Arizona in late October and have been in Germany for a month-and-a-half. Details aside, I’m settling in and still trying to find semblance of schedule and intent.

The last weeks in Arizona were chaotic and marked by constant movement. Also, still infernally hot. It was a final scrape down the Gila River, a visit with family, time with my sweetheart, packing and shipping, shedding of excess, goodbyes at work, and busy, busy. The days went by way too fast, but it was better to have lived them than missed them. The first weeks here have passed in equally rapid succession. Hard to keep it all straight. Hoping that once the work is figured out and major tasks completed there might be some time to breathe deep and take a look around.

There hasn’t been much time to explore or enjoy, though snapshot experiences provide inspiration for potential. I spent one weekend riding big loops on endless farm roads through rolling hills from one village to the next, and another in Dresden for my first Christmas market, reportedly the originator of all. Scattered memories and a few photos:

Dresden

Erfurt