Half a kilo of vanilla beans! Holy crap, how much did that cost? I'm sure cheaper than it would here, but still! We still have to think about what to do with ours, though we may be willing to be a bit more creative if we have some extras :P

Dinner with Reha the first night we were there was at a rooftop place - though to be honest, it wasn't really facing much. Still, sometimes just the feeling of being up high (not in the Colorado/Washington sense of the word ) and having dinner is quite nice. I would love to go back for a longer stay, probably in a slightly cooler month. There were lots of things I really wish we could do, but on the tail end of such a long trip, we were just pooped. Unfortunately, my vacation time each year is pretty low, so getting across the ocean is a little difficult, and there is still a pretty big world to see! But I'll see what I can do sometime.