Here are some photos of my amazing & exhausting whirlwind trip in Europe. We’re almost at the end. I’m in Germany right now and we leave tomorrow. I have mixed feelings. I miss my bed. I miss my cat. I miss knowing how things (systems) work. But it’s a bit depressing to go back to…you know. ⬇️ 1/8 - ThreadSky

findingmuse.bsky.social • 87 days ago

Here are some photos of my amazing & exhausting whirlwind trip in Europe. We’re almost at the end. I’m in Germany right now and we leave tomorrow. I have mixed feelings. I miss my bed. I miss my cat. I miss knowing how things (systems) work.

But it’s a bit depressing to go back to…you know.
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

Other than a dinner conversation about guns & school shootings, nobody talked about HIM. Maybe bc they didn’t know our politics or were too polite. We had a tour guide in London who was a Thatcher/royal family fan & thought America’s the bomb diggety. But she was uber eccentric. Possibly crazy.
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

Where I saw a lot of WTF America?! was when I turned on a TV in a hotel room & looked at their news about us.

It is very very bad.

And I’m so worried, going back to it. Grateful I got to see some of the world I’ve always wanted to see. Happy I made memories w/my sweet daughter. Calf muscles?💪
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

But now I have to go back to a country with a leader doing very bad, very Putin things. Surrounded by men (let’s be real—these are all white men; the women & POCs helping them are pawns) who are actively working to install a dictatorship that looks like a democracy.

This trip was a reset, tho:
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

It taught me do NOT ever travel with a student tour group. They go too fast, and don’t give you time to savor.

But also: we are more alike as humans than different. There are things I miss about America, but I could easily have a life outside America.

So. I’m going to think a lot about that.
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

Another plus to this trip was I think I could at least speed walk a 5K now. My core muscles need a ton of attention to fix my lower back issues but let me tell you: I’m going to hike and walk as much as possible after this. And I’m going to make some daily routine adjustments.
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findingmuse.bsky.social•87 days ago

The biggest takeaway I had about Europe is that people here are not on their phones all the time. Seriously. Everywhere I went people were talking to other people, reading a book, people watching. If they were on their phones, it was because they were alone. And it looked purposeful.
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agnesbookbinder.bsky.social•84 days ago

No possibly. She was crazy.

findingmuse.bsky.social•77 days ago

I just saw this, A!! What the heck. Well, you know. When she told us she was psychic and had been lucky enough to see her grandfather’s ghost 3 times I went: Corinna may not be playing with a full deck there. 😆

agnesbookbinder.bsky.social•77 days ago

Not if she thinks this bunch is a good idea!

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