Ari is Loved. And everyone knows it.

So, I'm back in Lugano.

And I had quite the armfuls of booty waiting for me in the Reception!

What was the count you ask?

Four packages.

Seven letters.

Ha ha! How wonderful is that? It made me so happy! My thanks to the following Ari devotees... Oma, Soraya, Mom, Baba, Angi, Guity & Baba Amir, Anita & Chuck, David, Mr. Middlebrooks, Cary... Hooray! Thanks everyone!

In any case... Halloween was last night, and I'm not so sorry to say that I did not doing anything to celebrate, other than going over to Deniz's room and chatting with Katie and Keely--and watching Keely attempt to construct a toga for the Halloween Party at the Falcon's Nest. It was probably a good idea though as I was very congested/tired following my flights back to Lugano from Munich, which were both glitch-free. And right now I should be cleaning up the enormous mess that is my room, but instead I'm typing out my excitement.

So on Monday, I went to Munich with Tobi and Gerlinde for a weisswurst breakfast and some sightseeing. It was a lot of fun. Found a couple of gifts for Soraya--she's going to have quite the spread at Christmas, at this rate. We saw all the big sights of Munich, which I've never done before (neither had Tobi or Gerlinde), so that was nice. And we did some shopping around the Mariensplatz (sp?) and around various other shops. Unfortunately I can't tell me about my purchases because they are to be gifts... We got back to the house around 5:00pm, I want to say. Maybe a little earlier. Then later Tante Anni, Onkel Tobi, Tante Rosie, Melanie and Florian came over, and that was fun too. I showed Florian some pictures, videos, and music that I had on my computer and talked to Melanie about all the things that I should send her from the States. I like that the Germans have a sense of humor; funny people are more fun to be around.

Then yesterday morning Tobi went into work around 7:00am, and he woke me up before he left in order to say goodbye. I ended up getting up around then anyway. Gerlinde and I had breakfast together, then I worked on the computer (on some photos, which I'm going to post in a second here) and packed up all my stuff (including all the extra lebkuchen and chocolate that was gifted to me). Then Gerlinde made lunch, and I went and said goodbye to Tobi and Rosie, then we Gerlinde took me to the airport, and I was off. I had the best time! I really had no desire to leave... I can't wait to visit again; maybe Soraya and I can go together next time. And I'm so excited for Gabi and Salvatore to come and visit too!

All right, I'm going to post some pictures so you can see what I've been up to...

I miss you guys!

Smile :-)