A Social Whirl

I came to Ohio to take care of some business (renewing my Ohio driver's license and getting a new debit card from my bank), but, of course, my trip included visits with as many of my friends as possible.  I actually had to make a calendar to keep track of whom I was visiting on what day.

Here are some of the friends that we have seen so far.  We will be in Ohio for several more days and each day is booked with more people to see.

Katie was one of my colleagues in the foreign language department.

She is still teaching French, although in a different high school now.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to see her husband, son or daughter because they were all in France at the time.

 We spent three days with our friends Cliff and Jeramie.

One evening, we went out for dinner at "Das Schnitzel Haus", our favorite German restaurant in the Cleveland area.  You may recognize them from when they visited me in Mexico City several years ago.

Joining us at "Das Schnitzel Haus" was our friend Frank.  Frank used to housesit for me when I would travel to Mexico.

Irma has made numerous appearances here on the blog.  I have known her for many, many years.

She was born in Mexico, and was the wife of one of many college Spanish professors.

Another person who has appeared here many times is my cousin Gail.

She invited us for lunch at her home one day.

Nancy and Fred have also been guest stars on the blog.  Nancy was a math teacher where I taught.  I have played "tour guide" for them in Mérida, Yucatán, and in Mexico City.

There were other engagements with friends whom I forget to photograph, and, as I said, there are more friends to visit in the upcoming days.  It has definitely been a social whirl.