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The best part about traveling the world is coming back home to family and friends.

I returned to Detroit on Tuesday night around 11:10pm. Mary Beth, Zack and Nick picked me up at a very busy Metro Airport. The following morning, we left for Traverse City for a family vacation. We have been Up North in Traverse City with Zack and Nick's grandparents and cousin Grace for the last few days.

It sure is nice to relax on vacation and reconnect with family after being away for to whole weeks. That's a long time! In a way, it feeld liek I was in time warp, meaning, that I left my regular life three days after school got out, went to this completely new and different culture all by myself, and then returned back to my regular, familair life with the same people and places that I'm used to. That's how travel is. It shakes us up and forces us to reconsider our lives in new and exciting ways.

We will return home to Detroit tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some pics from here Up North...

 Zack showing off a t-shirt from our exchange student, Yuki

 Nick showing off Nano Blocks, a gift from Yuki

 Patches, Grammie and Pa's dog

 Water striders on the surface of our favorite fishing pond

 Pa and Zack fishing

 Fishing with Zack

 Grammie and Nick making tacos

Nick and cousin Grace preparing tacos

 Nick and Cousin Christine at Mary's Kitchen Port in Traverse City

 Zack shooting hoops

Zack and friends at the court

 Mary Beth, Grace and Grammie at the Traverse City Beach Bums minor league baseball game

 Can you tell we belong together?

Mary Beth and Grace