Our Hero is in an airport, preparing to monologue about toothbrushes.

I started my blog here in the fall of mumblymumbly when I had just moved to Italy. After several weeks during which I was excited about telling Mindsay the news and then bummed that I couldn't access the site from my hotel connection, I am now back in the United States of America.

And I am sitting in an airport, listening to conversations (!!) and considering the purchase of a new toothbrush. I think new toothbrushes are a sign that one is making a new beginning. Possibly this is because I have a very bad habit of leaving my toothbrushes at the hotel. Or house.

It is all very embarrassing, but I do get to observe the culture of dental hygiene on an international level! Once I found a toothbrush in Germany that had three different points of flexibility, four different kinds of bristles, and a SuperGrip. Very hard to resist.

Anyway, I'm here now. It is really a weird feeling. I expect this blog will go through some interesting changes in the forthcoming entries, but there is a lot I can tell about Europe if anyone has any questions about the things I've done. America sometimes seems less interesting to its inhabitants, but to me it will be a new adventure.