After a ten-day stay in the San Francisco area, Daniel and I are back in Minnesota. We're exhausted, but we had a great time. I met all of Daniel's family and everyone was sincerely welcoming. We first stayed with Daniel's aunt and uncle Becki and Peretz in San Francisco (for my family, Becki is Steve's sister). While in SF we got to walk around Golden Gate Park, go to the Flower Conservatory (I think I wrote about this before), and have some really good sushi. After that, we stayed with Bernie and Manana and got to see a bit of Alameda before heading off to Castro Valley to see Nancy and her kids Amanda and Veronica (Bernie is Steve's brother, Nancy is Barbara's sister). Then we stayed with Grandpa Wolf, who showed us around Walnut Creek. Theeeen back to SF with Becki and Peretz. While in SF we got to spend some time with the wonderful Leora, who we watched Game 2 of the World Series with and also gave us a tour of The Mission (included: breakfast and later ice cream).
On our second to last day, we got to have a car and we went to Muir Woods to see the Redwoods. It was beautiful. The drive up was gorgeous too, and I got to drive a Prius for the first time - what a great car! Then we went wine tasting, which for me was the highlight of our trip. We went to three different vineyards (Bartholomew Park, Ravenwood, and Buena Vista) and tasted lots of wine and even sampled a cheese to go with. I should definitely become a wine-o.
So that's the quick summary of that trip. We're back in the Twin Cities now, staying with everyone in Dan's family. First Jen and Ben, then Amy and Jason, then Steve and Barbara.
Daniel is working everyday to finish up some papers he wants to submit. I'm getting little things done and really just getting psyched up for our move. I'm definitely nervous but also really excited. Who knows what grocery shopping will be like...
The next post will be about the shipping fiasco of 2010, that is almost to a close - we should be receiving our shipment to Sweden at our new apartment on November 10th!
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