Life is great as I am currently making the Trans-Atlantic journey from Spain to my home in Greenville.  With even more once-in-a-lifetime experiences now behind be, heading home gives me the chance to let it all sink in, as well as recover!  Each block of time I spend over in Europe just seems to go by faster than the last.  It felt as if I never even unpacked this last trip, and in reality I really didn’t.  I guess that just means Girona and Europe in general is starting to feel more like a home to me.

I’d say the highlight, or most surreal moment, of the summer would have to go to the day we started our race in Poland at the gates of Auschwitz. It is impossible to even put into words the presence that the concentration camp carried.  Trying to comprehend what took place on those grounds, I just stood in awe as we waited for our little bike race to begin.  Moments like those are priceless and put everything in my life into perspective in a matter of seconds.

Sitting in the plane now, with my wife digging her nails into my arm each time we hit any section of turbulence, I can’t wait to get home and reconnect with family and friends.  Living in Europe is grand – I love the culture and general lifestyle – but there really is no place like home.

The coming weeks will be blur as I race out the remainder of the season.  The Canadian ProTour races have all of the ingredients to make for exciting one-day races and I am looking forward to taking part in their first editions.  Then, back to Greenville for US Pro.  After that, my work life is a bit up in the air.  I am planning on attending a few events during Interbike out in Las Vegas, with the hope of continuing on to Australia for the World Championships.  Then, on to Italy for the fall one-day events and finally completing my around-the-world trip when I land back in Greenville for the off-season!