There's an east swell coming and it's howling offshore.

I don't exactly know when it happened, but sometime in between 2008 and 2009 I decided I didn't know how to write anymore. And so I just stopped writing. Lately I've realized that at some point I just might regret that decision, so I'm trying to pick it up again. Get back in the habit and all that.

I'm sure I'll especially regret not properly documenting Vienna and the rest of Europe that I've seen. I should have taken a few minutes every night to at least bullet point some thoughts down - they'll matter to me someday. And now, though I do intend to write a journal based on my calendar and pictures after I get home, I'm sure that some memories will have already slipped away. It's a pity.

Vienna blew me away today. I'm grateful that it still does that after three months. The weather was nice and the sun was out and I just wanted to take pictures of everything (I took pictures of nothing). I went to Cafe Central near the Hofburg and just tried to soak the feeling of the city in. I have less than nine days to really do so, after all.

Christmas lights are everywhere, which automatically amplifies the way that I see everything. In case the streets/buildings/sidewalks/monuments/lamp posts weren't beautiful enough, now they all twinkle when the sun goes down. Considering the fact that the sun goes down by five, I think that's a pretty great thing.

I want to be home for the holidays, but come January I'll be ready for Europe again.