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I have had many songs from Simon & Garfunkel in my head this holiday, like America (never thought I would go to Pittsburgh) and So long, Frank Lloyd Wright. Now it is time for Homeward Bound.

Arvid and I drove to Dulles, Washington, yesterday and will now get ready, leave the car (I will miss the wonderful KIA Sedona) and hopefully have a nice time looking at people and things at the airport and have a good flight home.

We have had a wonderful holiday in State College and Central Square. Thank you, Katy, Brad, Amanda, Ingrid, Paddy, Burton and Emy for having us. We hope to see you all again soon.

Pennsylvania was a blank for me when we went. We have had great weather with warm, sunny days (short trousers and a t-shirt and almost no need for anything else) and cool nights. It’s the best climate I have ever visited.

The nature in Pennsylvania is magnificent. It would be wonderful to see all these forests explode into read, yellow and orange during the autumn but that will have to wait for another time.

It is easy to drive here and to find the way, there is always a sign telling you the road number and the direction. We have done a lot of driving and it would be difficult to be here without a car. We drove 2.269 miles in 3 weeks, that is about 360 Swedish miles, lucky the gas is about half the price as in Sweden.

However, we will not miss the American food at all. It is horrible and presented in the most depressing way. It is all plastics and added flavours. Natural food made from basic ingredients is hard to find and very expensive.

Clothes are cheap though, especially if you travel at this time of year when there is a sale. Hope they will not be too fuzzy about weight at the airport.

It has been a great pleasure travelling with Arvid and we both look forward to meeting George, the rest of the family and friends in Sweden.

Thanks for reading this blog. There will be a lot of travelling this autumn, Lissabon and Southeast Asia is on the list so far.