Time to go back :)

This blog is being resurrected as I return to Europe for a 3 week vacation.  I am heading to Rome with my cousins Susan and Sierra, then they go to Venice and I head to Florence on my own.  We meet back up in Venice along with Barbara, Elaine, Frank, Sammy, Stephanie, McKenzie, Savannah, Kathy, Hannah, and Shelby (13 of us in total).  We are piling into 3 cars and heading on a trip similar to what we traveled last time.  Frank and I are the tour guides and are taking the family around Slovenia.  We are there from Sunday to Saturday with most of us leaving out of Venice and some continuing on to other travels.  I will then head to Germany to visit my Purdue friend Gulcin (she was a visiting graduate student from Turkey when I was there; she even came home with me to Florida once).  She is married to a German Bo and they have two little girls.  Please follow my tale as I continue to find the best Strudel in Slovenia :)