We returned from our Spanish vacation almost a week ago. Spain was great. We spent most of the two weeks in Madrid. We attended holiday services at Synagogue Beth Yaacov. It was nice. The rest of the time in Madrid was spent couch surfing, shopping and seeing the sites.

Sadly, while visiting a park, we had our bag stolen which contained our laptop and a number of other item. The laptop is insured, but it really detracted from our vacation.

We concluded our trip with three days in Toledo. Such a beautiful city.

Now that we are back, we’re planning on spending a month-and-a-half at site reintegrating and beginning to plan the rest of our service. We’re both looking forward to the cool weather and gardening again. I say cool weather, but its relative. Highs are in the mid-80s, which is 40 degrees cooler than the highs in the hot season.

Happy Halloween and Thanksgiving. We’ll be back in Kita/Bamako around the first of December.