Final thoughts...

Today marks a week that I've been back home. I'm of course having mixed feelings as I spent the last 5 months of my life in Deutschland. Struggling through tough times to build a circle of friends and a support group I could rely on. Now I've had to say my goodbyes to them and find out where I rank back here. I've definitely come back to a topsy turvy world. Obama is president elect, someone got hired to take the supervisory position that was supposed to be mine, I filled my gas tank for under $30, and grizzly adams has a beard...
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Of course there were hard times and I complained about them... to anyone that would listen... I complained at length... hehe... it's ok though as it has been an eye opening experience. To have a completely different perspective on life here and 'the American way.' Not to mention that regardless of how little travelling I did compared to what I wanted to do, I have still seen more of the world than most people will ever see in their lives. Hehe... I'm even in discussions with Ryan about possibly doing panama for a January/February vacation. Lets just say that when the travel bug bites it sinks its teeth in deep.
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There are plenty of things that I would change and do differently, but hindsight is 20, 20 as they say. Who they are I'm not exactly sure. But I've learned to really appreciate those good friends that I have and to cherish the time I have with them. To have a better perspective on wealth and what it means to be poor... and a miser (for you NicBunny).... I'm thankful for everyone's support and those new friends whom I miss dearly, but will see again as this is truly a small world.

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This brings our story to a close... Thank you constant reader for your attention, albeit silent without comments from most of you slackers...

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Actually... as some may know, some may not, I will be returning to ze father land the day after Christmas. Does anyone even read this anymore now that I'm back? Purplemonkeydishwasher! I didn't think so... For those wayward souls that find themselves here perhaps this is not the end, but the beginning of another tale?... Perhaps you'll have to stop by on occasion to see if this truly is the end... or at least to find the link to my new blog covering the new adventures of Livonia Brown... Mostly because I hate blogger and it's auto formatting that won't let me insert spaces between paragraphs without periods...

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Cheers,

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-Livonia Brown

For NicBunny (5)...

Ladies, gentlemen, and Chris, we reach the final installment of our For NicBunny series of ridiculous and silly things I've seen along the way. Of course there's more in my mind, but sometimes my camera hand wasn't quick enough or it was just that inappropriate I couldn't bring myself to capture it on CCD. Without further ado the finally... which would have been way better if I hadn't wasted the Nazi Raus picture on the last one... oh well... cest la vie...
Children make excellent foot stools...

Since I've ridden a turtle, it's not so much of a stretch to ride a skull...

This one actually turned out worse than I was hoping for... that or I need to work on my choking techniques...

I'll save you!

Lili got in on the action too... grr... Unfortunately all of their outfits were too crude for me to purchase any swag...

Well... not much needs to be said about this lovely hooded sweatshirt...

The last picture isn't that funny, but an interesting look into the mindset of the European. Note the historic statue in the foreground and the building sized bottle of beer on the side of the building in the background...

Statues of the Charles Bridge...

Now for a serious and funny perspective of the statues that line the charles bridge. Although wikipedia tells us that pretty much all of the statues pictured below are replicas of the originals... weak... This bronze piece is the oldest statue on the bridge and probably the best picture I took from the bridge.
I'm not sure why they locked in these statues at the base of a larger one. I don't think they could really go anywhere being made of stone and all...

I forget the name of this particular statue, however Lili really liked it and was looking for a certain one and I think this was it.

And Saint Attila raised the Hand Grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy Hand Grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies into tiny pieces... in Thy mercy.' one... two... five...

In case my blaspheme wasn't quite enough take a close look at this picture and guess why I found this particular statue hilarious...

Every time we crossed the bridge there was a seagull perched on the head of a statue... graying the hair of the statues...

This was the first statue we came to and the interesting part is that I'm really about 3' off the ground level of the bridge. All of the spectators were quite amazed, and the ones trying to take pictures of this were quite pissed... hahah