Huge and Wonderful...
When you are from a place as huge and wonderful as America it is hard to leave. It is interesting that very few Americans actually HAVE passports at all. They really feel no need to ever go anywhere else. With all the diversity and beauty and prosperity within our borders, I guess they are right. You really don't NEED to go anywhere else if you are an American in America. But, I'm one of an estimated 35% of Americans with a passport. I not only live overseas but am married to an alien. (He's only an alien when we are in the USA, though.) Coming home is a rare thing. We can't afford to make the $8,000 trip every year with the family. We average once in three years and then we divide our visits between Sweden and the USA. It is hard, but it is best for us. I've been back for three weeks. We took the long way home to a place in Alabama. On the way we visited Washington DC and marveled at modern sculpture and ancient dinosaurs all in the same day. We headed to Orl