Home Sweet Home

About 12 hours after Travers and I got back from Interlaken, we were on a plane to San Francisco. This was our first trip back there since we have moved to Geneva, and we were both excited and anxious.  Travers was going back for work, and I decided to tag along. I had planned as much as I could beforehand of which of my friends and family I was able to see and when. My week was packed.

Every day and every night was filled with seeing family or friends. It was both exciting and exhausting. I knew everyone wanted to know how life in Geneva was going for me, but I really wanted to know what was going on with all of them. Even though I try to keep up on facebook and with emails, I still feel like I miss out on a lot of the every day stuff that happens in my family and friends lives.

Our week started out pretty good. We got over the jetlag amazingly quickly, and were able to function on a normal schedule from the get go.  We had a great couple of dinners with family, at E&O Trading Company (Thanks Bryna and Ben!), Yoshi's (Thanks Mom & Dad!), and Wayfare Tavern (Thanks Rosemary & Mike!).  And we also got to see most of our friends throughout the week.

We ate as much ethnic food as possible, and I went into 3 or 4 different walgreen's, just to get my fix.  I stocked up on face wash and deoderant (we can't get our favorite brands over here), cheddar cheese (which we accidentally left in my mom's fridge!), vodka, trail mix, peanut butter etc....all to put in my extra suitcase I brought with me to bring back to Geneva.

By the time Friday came around, both Travers and I were exhausted and missing our home in Geneva. There's something about being able to sleep in your own bed, and have your routines that makes a place feel like home, and we both missed it by the end of the week. Its a sign that we have truly settled in here, which is comforting, but also surprising that we could adjust so quickly.  

Me, bryn &T ready to start dancing!

But we weren't going back yet. Friday night we had planned the official celebration of Travers' birthday.  After having dinner with Rosemary and Mike at Wayfare Tavern, we met a group of our friends at a bar/club/restaurant called Mayes on Polk Street at Sutter and had reserved a couple tables for us to all hang out and dance!  The DJ played some of our favorite songs, and we danced all night long!  We have tried finding similar dance clubs in Geneva, and have only found one so far, which was on my birthday at Le Sip. And even though Mayes is not the best dance club to go to, that night (as well as my birthday night at le Sip) proved that all you need is a good group of friends that all want to dance and have a great time.

Bryna doing a great dance move!

Hubby striking a pose!

Dan, Katy and Travers

Sara and Travers

Nicole and Mike

Travers, Scott and Keith

We even got Ben to dance!

Where's Waldo, i mean Travers?

The party was fantastic, and we poured ourselves into bed around 3am. But that wasn't going to stop my hubby from waking up the next day to go watch his favorite football team, the Gators, at his favorite sports bar, Greens.  We checked out of our hotel and made our way to the bar. We met more of our friends there and watched college football for the rest of the afternoon. And I was able to get one of my favorite burritos from Nick's Crispy Tacos down the street. It was just like old times.

Our last day in San Francisco was spent down the peninsula with family.  We watched the 49er game and had lunch at Mike's daughter Tammy's house in San Mateo. Then we had a barbeque with my family at my parents house. I was able to see some of my aunts and uncles, and to spend a few more hours of quality time with my mom and dad.  It was the perfect ending to a great week.

We left the next morning, and while sad to say goodbye, we were very happy to be home and back to our life here in Geneva.  We realized that we have some great friends in San Francisco, and that time and distance doesn't make a difference. Thanks to everyone for making our trip a great one. We hope to see you all soon, whether its in SF or Geneva. xoxo