There's no crying in Germany

It is 12:23am local time. I have slept about nine of the past forty eight hours. This, of course, makes me more emotional than is ever necessary, so I'm not going to try and tell you all about this insane and incredible day before I get some very necessary sleep. Let me just tell you for now that:

• I continue to be lousy with directions, no matter the country
• There are truly delightful people and outrageously ugly people all over this world - so far I've found most of the ugly people only work on airlines and for customs
• Not having a cell phone on which to text is like missing a limb
• I am my mother's daughter