Back Online!

We've spent the past four nights in Cochem on the Mosel River in a lovely flat with beautiful views of a castle and the river, but, alas, no Internet. Drew took what I'm sure will turn out to be amusing photos of me wandering around Cochem with the laptop, trying fruitlessly to jump onto someone's network. Now we're in Reutte, Austria, looking out our hotel window at the alps and a herd of goats. I kept up the blogging during the drought, so here comes the flood; as you'll see, there's a lot of stuff, but still a bunch of gaps since I can't help but go into great detail; plus, I'm trying to do the "vacationy bit," as Drew calls it.