post vacation....

I was able to post a couple days while on vacation but here is an overall recap and what I am up to now...

also, complete picture diary can be found here. (yes, there are a lot) I will upload an edited set of my favorites within the next week or so.

Chris arrived on Friday afternoon, after a long, but reasonably uneventful trip. I managed to find him in the airport around an hour after he landed but was in good spirits. That night we got some dinner and explored around the town at bit. Let chris soak up a bit of the night life and try to keep him awake so he could get his clock on german time. Saturday we got on a train to Munich and toured the city for a day. I revisited a couple sites I had been too but also found some new places. Sunday we spend touring the Benz and Porsche museums which was a lot of fun. Both had some really great stuff.

Monday picked up our car rental and started out on a couple day drives around the black forrest area. The first day we did a panoramic tour (though pretty cloudy) and found some small towns to explore. Tuesday we spent doing the same, a longer drive today, down the wine road near france, which was a great drive. Wednesday we went to Nurburg and to the ring. we spent some time in the museum/adventure area they have there as well as went into the town and explored the castle.

Thursday was spend on the train again, we went to Frankfurt and had a great day there. It is a very urban city (sky scrapers and all) we walked around a few of the notable buildings as well as the old city center. We also hit a nice little architectural museum as well.

After getting up very, very early to get Chris on a plane home friday morning I went into work. I wanted to see how the final bit of the urban planning project I was a part of went. The boards looked great and everyone seemed to be happy with the outcome. We will hear in a few months I think.... About mid-day I was added to a competition for a small lab building. Its quite a change from the last project but its nice to have a sense of scale again. This is a very quick project (at least for me) as it is due Thursday evening.

I also submitted my thesis book for review so I should be hearing from the grad school in the next week or so regarding changes and then that will be done as well... will be really nice to have that all said and done. Well I am off to get some office and book work done. Hope everyone is well.