Home Again

1880s Deep Sea Diver Engraving, originally uploaded by nyctreeman.

After 2 full days of travel we are home again in windy Davis CA. Our day in Germany (waiting for the plane home the next morning) was spent in a silent suburb of Frankfurt, in the dim strange basement pool-room of our hotel, swimming and using the sauna, hoping to not get elecrocuted in the very warm lap pool. Abandoned airport hotels, so strange, so shabbily faux elegant. Rooms that smell of old-man cigarette and clean sheets.
We bought groceries at the supermarket and had a picnic in our room. We seem to be plagued by strange bits of waiting-around during travel. Hours to kill (a horrible expression), no where to go, and an aversion to spending money.
Anyway, it's good to be back. What is this strange place America?