and now we're back

Europe was so much.

It may have been the 16-day tour through eight countries--so lots of bus time seeing lots of stuff on a very surface level.

Or it may have been that Europe is quite simply, so very much.

So much history.  So much architecture.  So much art.  So much acreage.  So much food.  So many people.  So many languages.  So very much.

Our tour guide told us on the first night that the tour we were on was an appetizer.  Something to whet our appetites that would make us want to come back for more, over and over. 

She was right.