We are HERE!!! It was so good to see a familiar face last night at the airport... Bertie picked us up. What an interesting adventure our trip. It was so good to see all of our luggage after so many hours and miles. The customs official saw our luggage, too, and his eyes got big, but more about that later.

We are in the coffee shop at Stephen Center, listening to familiar music, waiting for Flori and Genta. This afternoon we see Genta's "orphans," this evening dinner with Berti and Adi. Genta, Adi and I will try to figure out how to divide the fabric, etc.

We awoke at 4 - around 4:30 the sky lightened with a beautiful dawn. Now, it's raining, and the rain is becoming more persistent. Every so often we have the thunder, and we know we are in a different place.

How exciting to see the people at the airport, as they progressively became less and less American. First, Americans with a smattering of European languages but mostly Far Eastern languages in LA, then German and French spoken by tall men with shaved heads discussing business fervently over a beer and pretzel in Munich, then darker and shorter people speaking a new language.

Here are Flori and Genta! Later.