AMEEERRIICCCAAAAAA

A little smattering of my recent week and a half in America, for a conference, meetings and some family-time:

Brussels airport. 7am.

Funny part was that I went through this whole rigamaroll to find an ATM because I didn't have any cash. I finally got some (after having to go back through security), ordered my shit and handed the woman a 50 Euro note, to which she got all flabbergasted because she didn't have change, because everyone pays with plastic. It didn't even occur to me that I could use plastic! Not a cash-only economy? Whaaat?
Yep, guess I've gotten used to the developing world.

Seriously though, I almost cried with happiness about beer with flavor.


Pizza. It's hard to articulate how excited I was about the food and drink.



New York: has culture. And bizarreness. I've missed this.


In NYC for a conference. View from the first day's location


Once again... can you tell what I was most excited about for being in America?

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA and Raison d'Etre. The 90 minute's a little too full, Belgian-yeasty and herby for my IPA taste (even for an Imperial), and the Raison was wayyy sweet, but I enjoyed the shit outta them nonetheless.

(also brought a bottle of North Coast Brewery's Brother Thelonious back with me... stoked to drink that!)

CMJ music festival. Lily & The Parlour Tricks: RAD.

Enjoying a last bit of America on my last afternoon in New Jersey


Apparently the sandwich was called...


and Back to dirty dirty Kampala

...but at least I had a Halloween party to welcome me. With a good friend in a pretty impressive Avatar costume.

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in Arua now,
back to Kampala on Tues
to Masaka on Wed
then to Mbarara on Thurs
Sesse Islands for the weekend
Mukono on Monday
Mbale later on Monday or Tuesday
back to Kampala Tues or Wed
back to Arua Thurs
back to Kampala Fri
Mbarara Mon

As Mom said: "take a map so at least you know where you are!"


And then back to California on the 17th of December!