Was such a treat to be invited for dinner at Joanne and Mike's our last week here in Menlo Park. Here is where our year "abroad" started, and tonight we met again after so many different experiences in between (for them, Prague, Germany, France, Belgium, England, Palm Desert; for us, Oak Knoll, Hillview, Menlo-Atherton, Stanford!). 
Michael had a great time building Lego Grand Prix cars with their grandchildren, and we all, including Joanne's daughter whom we'd met already our first week on Evergreen Street when she welcomed us with homemade banana bread, enjoyed tasty grilled salmon, decadent desserts, and got to see the great slideshow Mike put together of their time in our house in Germany.
Amazingly, Mike had already done a watercolor of Eppstein Castle and gave us a print, which will have a place of honor in my study in Eppstein; the shades of dark green remind me of Germany and put me in the mood for our return!
sweet painting!!!
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