Whew

ok gang, sorry for the lack of updates.  We somehow exposed ourselves to a virus that was unknown to the context of our biologies, and WHAMM-O... the flu!  Both Shannon and I have been fairly out of commission for the past few days.  We're now in Berlin, and I think we're on the mend.  

Word to the wise, kids:  be as healthy as humanly possible before going to Paris, a beautiful city it is, but it is not a good place to be sick. 

Berlin, however, is kind of like a breath of fresh air after all that nonsense.  It's open, bright, fresh and quiet!

And television in Berlin makes Paris its bitch for real.