Hello again! (Or, oh man, we're so behind!!!!)

It has been exactly one year since our last Tumblr post. When we last signed off, we had traveled round the world, roadtripped across the US, and ended up exactly where we started: the sunny city of Los Angeles. But a lot's happened in the year since then. We spent a great summer in LA, living in Elysian Park and then in Hollywood, a stone's throw from Griffith Park. Holly explored the greater LA area on her bike, which you can read about here. And at the end of the summer, we relocated to the sunnier city-state of Singapore. In Singapore, Keemin is still a lawyer with the firm, and Holly's started her own website and online coaching business.

But, dear reader, we totally left you in the lurch. We jumped from laundry in Florence to a roadtrip in the US, and left out everything in the middle! We have yet to chronicle:

• Our visit to the Duomo;
• Our tour of the Tuscan countryside (hint: lots of wine and food!);
• Exploring the maze of Venetian streets;
• A concert in Vienna;
• Touring Prague castle;
• Our adventures in Berlin;
• Spring in Stockholm;
• Copin' in Copenhagen (sorry, couldn't resist!); and 
• Adventures in London.

There's a lot to cover, but in case we don't cover it all despite our best intentions (bearing in mind that our best intentions have only now materialized into a single blog post), here are the Cliff Notes:

1. Europe has lots of old cathedrals and castles.
2. A good concert hall can make all the difference to classical music.
3. Food is cheaper, and more to our liking, in southern Europe.
4. The Nordic countries are expensive!
5. Museums are in some ways analogous to souvenir cabinets, just bigger and better curated.
6. Don't drive in London. And if you're trying to drive out of London, make sure you get a map of more than just the city center.
7. If we ever saw an ethnically mixed group of tourists out and about, they were almost always Americans.
8. Everyone who can, should travel. Even if it's just to a different town, or across the state line or halfway round the world, travel with an open mind expands your understanding of the world and gives you a greater appreciation of life.

So stay tuned. We can't promise that we'll finish blogging about our Europe travels any day soon, but we will at least try to finish!