I went into Flunch looking for water and thinking it was a grocery store. I was able to get the water, but Flunch was actually a cafeteria. Being French it might have actually had good food. But it sure didn’t look all that good.

I am killing some time at an Internet cafe at the Freiburg train station. We head home this afternoon out of Frankfurt. It has been a great trip, but I am looking forward to getting home. I miss our mattress. I also should have tons to blog about when I get home. So far, I have read 4 of the 8 books I brought with me. I think I will get 2 more done before we land in DC. Plus, I have tons of pictures to share, observations from the road etc. Talk to you soon.

Having a great time in France, but using this French keyboard is not easy. For instance where is the apostrophe?

(Back in May of 2007 I noticed that a bunch of people in the blogosphere had created lists of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I was intrigued by the notion but felt I needed to change the parameters. So I created my 40 by 40 list. 40 things I wanted to do before I turned 40. Well on August 17th I turn 40, and I need to give $10 to charity for every uncompleted item. So it is time to see how I did.)

38. Go to a Concert at the Peabody Institute – NOT COMPLETED
Running Tally: $180.00 to charity.

Baltimore has a wonderful music convservatory called the Peabody Institute. They have all kinds of student performances that I am told are worth the time. But getting my butt up to Baltimore (an hour’s drive) seemed impossible to do. Inertia seems to get the better of me at times. This one is staying on my radar for next year. I definitely still want to do this one.

(Back in May of 2007 I noticed that a bunch of people in the blogosphere had created lists of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I was intrigued by the notion but felt I needed to change the parameters. So I created my 40 by 40 list. 40 things I wanted to do before I turned 40. Well on August 17th I turn 40, and I need to give $10 to charity for every uncompleted item. So it is time to see how I did.)

25. Get the Maximum Roth IRA for 2008 and 2009 – COMPLETED
Running Tally: $120.00 to charity.

Well it was technically the 2007 and 2008 tax years, and I split the money between Roth and a regular IRA for tax reasons, but I did put down the max both years. So I call this one done.