Stateside...

i've been home for a week and still find myself comparing everyday things to european life...free stillwater refilled at your table, dollar coins from an automated ticket machine and the looks i received from vendors when i tried to use them, a boxer with a long tail...as amazing as the trip was, i do enjoy being back at home with my family...i think it was the right amount of time for a vacation, albeit an educational one...i am really happy with the program and how smoothly it ran...i think the planned activities were phenomenal (with the exception of one maybe)...enlightening and inspiring would be the two words i would use to describe the trip...instead of learning something new every day, vets learn at least 5 things new every day, and the program was no exception...i'm sure that when i go through my pictures today and look through the countless frames from everyone else's cameras, the desire to return to europe will flood back into me...but for now, i must buckle down and get back to "real life"...perhaps i can share a thing or two with my colleagues and bring new knowledge to the animal hospitals here...many sincere thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful experience!