Reflections

I was all set to blog about my trip to France, but really most of the trip was spent chatting and shopping. Sounds a bit strange maybe, but I hadn't talked to Stacy in a couple of years and we had much to catch up on! Most of the shopping was window-shopping for me, so I didn't break the bank (I won't comment on Stacy's shopping, but she was in Europe on vacation so we won't hold anything against her right?) It was pretty funny though, we would travel to unique towns, and yet do just about the same thing in each place we stopped (find the shopping district). I've decided that Nate and I are going to take a trip down there and actually stop into the historical sites! He won't want to shop anyway... : )

So instead I think I'll talk about friends. I find it very interesting how there seems to be some people in your life who you may not see for years, and then you meet again and it seems like nothing has changed. This was certainly the case for me and Stacy on this trip. We hadn't talked since my wedding, and let's face it, you barely get a chance to talk to anybody at your wedding... so truely we hadn't "talked" since we left college. Yet, it really felt like we had just picked up where we left off in our little apartment on Lincoln Avenue.

Stacy was one of my best friends, and roommates in college. She was a big part of my life, right up to the end when my future husband started monopolizing most of my time. I guess we all grow up, and change, and change was definitely necessary for both me and Stace. But now we're really "adults" I guess, and it was nice to see that we could still chatter, laugh, and share in some of the same interests. You should have seen her down that large glass of German bier ;)


Okay, not really... she's more of a wine girl, but she was a trooper while here in Germany. This was her "discover her roots" in Germany trip. I hope she likes it. We spent a couple of days in Stuttgart together, and now she's leaving Munich for Berlin before heading back to Boston. I'm glad she came, I hope she's glad I spent some time with her, and now I can't wait to take a trip to Boston. I hear there's this great Italian restaurant where people top off the food with a wine spritzer. I've never had a wine spritzer, but I'd like to try...