Sunday, February 15, 2009

An early end

As we write this we are all lounging in the confines of our house in State College - having returned two weeks earlier than expected on Friday the 13th (yes, we traveled that day). The decision to come home early was due to a perfect storm of bad events over the past month or so - Dan was diagnosed with pneumonia and is continuing to suffer strange side effects, both girls were sick with colds and/or ear infections, Audrey contracted head lice (they grow 'em BIG in San Sebastian) and we were getting bad vibes as Spanish regional elections approached at the end of this month (our neighborhood is a Basque separatist area and, while we never feared for our safety, the concern about what the girls MIGHT see was increasing). The long and the short of it was that we felt someone was telling us it was time - it took us a while to listen but we finally got the message. The last month in SS basically consisted of what is shown in the pic.

Leaving early takes nothing away from the wonderful time that we had in Spain - we enjoyed great adventures, met many wonderful people that we are sure will be friends for life and realized that we are truly blessed, not only with each other but with our incredible families and friends. This trip was something that we may never repeat but we feel we are better people because of it and, if we had to do it all over again, we would not change a thing.

We hope you enjoyed all of the mindless dribble that was posted here during the past 6 months or so and, maybe, someday we'll resurrect this blog to report on a new adventure.

As always, we hope that wherever you are you are happy and healthy.

The Linzell's are signing off.