And now.. Deep Thoughts

We are now two days into the second half of the trip, and we've thrown out our plans left and right- skipping Paris because of the crap weather, hop-scotching through France to get to Spain, adding a stay in Lauterbrunnen for three nights, going to Parma instead of Milan, adding more hotel breaks than expected...so many changes have been completely the right thing to do but taxing in their own way. Despite the excitement of travel, we are missing our friends and our family. I remind myself that this is a rare trip and that every day is a different lifestyle- one I won't likely have again. There are foods and experiences to be had here that are of a place and time we must grasp while we can.  Carpe Diem!

On another note, inside the glacial-falls of the Trummelbach river, it dawned on me that the current rate of the melting of glaciers isn't something to brush off as a natural process, as well as the carelessness of such a claim. The power of the water was humbling and intimidating but just a glimpse of the strength of unbridled earth.