We are getting ready to leave the Bay Area for seven weeks. We have taken over the Dutch Flat Hotel for Justin’s birthday party, and tomorrow we will fly to Europe. After a week of settling in, I’ll do some work in Kiev and Szczecin, Ray will tour Bulgaria, and we’ll both go to Paris to see a concert and celebrate Doug’s birthday. Then we’ll make our way to southern Sweden to watch Doug perform a couple concerts. A few days later, we’ll fly to Haiti, visiting our friend who works there. He will get married a few days later in North Carolina, and we’ll do a little Appalachian road trip for the following week.

We’ll try to keep you up to date with our adventures as they continue.