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We arrived home late last night, after a series of misadventures culminating in me accidentally trailing Senator Joe Lieberman out the special State Dept. Customs Exit. Oops.

I blame all the strange European medicine I’m on. Paracetamol? I feel like I’m in The Golden Compass and wearing coal silk in anbaric lighting.

That’s right, happy campers, both Sailor Boy and I are sick as the proverbial canines, and have been for the bulk of our trip. Woe is us. So it may be a while before you hear anything about the trip from this quarter. I also have a heap of things to do, both personal and business-related, not to mention diving into A Sweet Far Thing, in the next few weeks, and soemthing will have to give, and it will probably be my blogging duties.

Meantime, I wanted to squeal and give a big fangirl wave to Ellen Emerson White, who came to my blog while I was in Europe. HI!

And the winners of the Scythian giveaway are Liza and Vicki. Please email me at the address in the box by my photo, above, and send me your address so I can get you your prizes.

A few stats:
Number of photos taken on the trip: 320
Number of photos taken of Lions (including the ones in Trafalgar Square): 21
Of Unicorns: 12 (not including the ones where I put the unicorn in the picture myself)
Of Lions *and* Unicorns: 6
Of Alexander the Great: 10
Of Settings in the Book: too many to count!
Of Rose & Grave symbols: 1
Of Spice Girls: 1