Welcome home!

The staff at Panera's all welcomed me back today.

"Haven't seen you for awhile. Where have you been?"

"Finland, Russia and Estonia."

Comments varied from "Wow" to stories of watching the Travel Channel.

One of my worries about Russia was not being able to find a good cup of coffee, but our hotel in St. Petersburg (called, St. Petersburg Hotel) had a fine breakfast buffet which opened at 7 a.m. with very good coffee.