Taking the train back today. Feeling a bit in dalai lama (maui) mode today. Looking forward to being home and into more of a daily rhythm.

Some memories from the past days ...

Big balcony at Minami's in Berlin. I immediately gravitated towards this place when I entered the room. I wonder if this has something to do with growing up on Maui. Most homes have big lanais, so it's more of a place to hang out when you visit someone's house. I guess the lanai was super new (like recently installed), and Minami let us know that people can't stand on it yet (we had been out there for a few minutes). Laurel said, "It looks pretty stable to me." Everyone laughed, and then we went back inside.

Sitting outside Adad in Petralona. The day before, Polina mentioned how the square felt like a clock. We visited the cafe in the morning and moved up to the top for greek salad around 1. We did this a few days in a row, and it really started feeling like our clock. On the last day, sitting outside Adad in the sun. This felt like my time to completely bliss out. I would stop talking and just watch the world. There were so many events going on. A man stopping to brush his shoe over two gold circles in the road (wondering if he did this daily or every time he passed). The garbage truck with the speaker driving so, so slowly around the square (also a clock?).