Backtracking

I apologize. Firstly, because I haven’t explained this trip. Secondly, for the three of you who like to have regular updates just to know I'm alive, I've been horrible about updating. So here goes:

Have you noticed that we renamed the blog “Wanderlust?” And replaced the “Asia” in the title with “Adventures Abroad?”

There’s a reason for that. We’re going travel through Egypt for three weeks starting in March, and we wanted the blog to reflect our continued exploration.

I’m traveling earlier than Seth this time. I’ll be blogging solo until the beginning of March. My trip takes me to Germany, Russia, Dubai/UAE before reuniting with my better half. Call it the Gazprom Oil Tycoon route. Or the Frigid/Boiling Express. Or the amorphous consequence of four random “that sounds cool”’s.

I started off visiting my Tante Erika and Onkel Juergen in Delmenhorst, Germany. There, I enhanced my waistline with delicious cheeses, wursts and cakes. They were wonderful hosts. I’ll show you some pictures below.

Today, I am in St. Petersburg, Russia. Just for the heck of it. Doesn’t everyone want to go to Russia in the middle of winter? Seriously, I do have a reason. I found a cheap flight there from Berlin. I’ve always wanted to go. Plus, Rasputin’s penis is preserved in a jar in a museum here. That, and the Hermitage, are pretty hard to top.

On Friday, I fly to Dubai, where I will meet my friend Lara and her friend Shanna. We’ll Dubai it up until Monday. They will leave then, but I’ll be there until February 28. I expect to either go visit Oman or sit by the pool and maybe do some indoor skiing.

Then, I meet Seth in Egypt. When the pictures get really pretty, you will know we’ve reunited.

Meanwhile, here are some mutant photos from Germany.

Note: Travellerspoint's photo layout capabilities are the online equivalent of giving a chimp a set of finger paints. I am destroying Seth's superhuman post structuring job from the Asia trip.

1. Old car with wooden-spoked wheel at Bremen car show
2. Porsche tractor (!)
3. Uncle Juergen next to a pretty car
4. Unmarried men in Bremen get to sweep the church steps when they turn 30--the shame!
5. Bremen old town
6. Bremen old town
7. Bremer Stadtmusikanten (the town musicians, an emblem of the city)
8. Medieval Catholic depiction of God himself
9. Cool Gothic art at the bottom of cathedral pillar
10. Art commissioned by local coffee tycoon
11. Old, narrow alley