One week to go

As usual I have filled my life with excessive amounts of work before leaving on a journey.  What drives me to do this I wonder (only with half a mind, because I can figure out the details if I wanted too!!).  Shortly I will be in Romainia completing a course in Heritage Stonework and Restoration.  I hope to have internet access in the rural countryside, but, really, that is unlikely!  Romainia is a fascinating place, dependable infrastructure notwithstanding!

Simple fare...

I know this is cheesy and from bygone times, but it is one of those songs I think about on overnight trains from somewhere I just got to know to somewhere I've never been before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDe2IAaVKM

In a moment of calm amid the madness that is the Grand Bazarre in Istanbul this lone cat comes strolling by!

Mmmmm 9:41 am

Snow day breakfast 9:17 am

Bangles and beads