Back in business, sort of.

I am so behind on blog-posting by now that the enormity of what I have to post makes me want to avoid it altogether. But I feel like I need to get this stuff down somewhere, or I'll never remember what it was like to visit all the places I've been visiting the past three weeks. I think the best approach is a non-chronological one, because it would just take too long to get down all the details. Also probably be boring. I also think snippets beat out my usual long-winded accounts detailing every meal and turn. So I'll just do my best, even though I go home in 3 days and a lot of it will be after the fact. But here goes.