Epilogue

Charged English phone? Check. Caribou Espresso and Fireside Decaf? Check. All toiletries from arbitrary locations around the house? Check. Travel Documents binder? Check. One more bag than what I left with? Check.

Because really, Julia and Rose's American Adventure is a misnomer. Julia and Rose's Immense Shopping Spree (punctuated by chucking ourselves into lakes and seeing people) is far more accurate. Though Rose did manage to close her suitcase by herself earlier, which I was wildly impressed by.

Last night that same lady cooked up a classic Spagh Bol and we had it with a lovely 2000 Graves which Dad had been saving for just such an occasion. I must be honest -- it was one of the nicest wines that has ever passed my lips. However, it was not the only wine to pass my lips so, feeling a little maudlin last night I reached for the melancholy genius of Mr Charles Dickens. That and the fact that I'm American means I am incapable of leaving well enough alone. So that, dear readers, means more blog for you!

I will take my final inspiration from the musical. Typically, the finale of either Act will take bits of music from the whole show. So, here are a series of blog quotes to sum up our adventure. Look upon it, if you will, as a piece of experimental poetry...

I'd rather starve than eat their plastic food out of plastic containers
I was interrogated for ten minutes
Pizza was very nice
Darkness-friendly modification of the Rizla game
Off to that monument to capitalism
Looking cool in an idyllic setting
Squeltching your feet in fresh mud
We at Julia and Rose's American Adventure retract our previous statement
My heart skips a beat
A small faux pas
Looking fabulous as ever
I'm not just a pretty voice you know
For good or evil in the superlative degree of comparison only
These foolish things remind me of you