Remember me? It's been a while, so you might not, but things are still moving along here, albeit at a slightly faster pace than I can blog at. In the space of the last month, we've passed through Eastern Europe, crossed the Mediterranean, explored the ancient ruins in Egypt, took in an enormous number of holy sites in the Holy Land, circumnavigated Jordan, and are now trying to get a grasp on the paradoxes of runaway capitalism in a conservative Muslim country in Dubai. Jumping from continent to continent, culture to culture has left my head spinning, but with some down time on the horizon, catch-up posts will be frequent and will happen soon.