There's no place like home

As much as I had some fun experiences and great food on my trip to Hong Kong and Tokyo, the reality is: (a) most of the time I was working, not playing (despite what my blog entries might have implied); (b) I'm a better traveler when I'm with Gretchen; (c) long flights and jet lag suck; and (d) as I was leaving Tokyo a typhoon was approaching and the rain had already started. So it's great to be home, even if I'll be here less than 48 hours before hopping on a train to Frankfurt on Sunday. And Gretchen is a rock star for driving to Zurich in rush hour traffic to pick me up last night (yes, rush hour traffic in Switzerland...it took almost twice as long as usual to get to/from Basel because there was so much traffic--who knew?).