A todos mis amigos y familia: dejadme paciencia y os daré el mundo.

As many, many of you have noted in your emails and skype conversations, I don't update this blog as often as I should. Indeed, in the time between my last post and the current one I have travelled though eight cities in four countries. As happens so often in my life, I have dug myself quite a hole. However, as I stumble through writing these next few blogs, please know that there is always more to come, and I would ask you to remember the words of Alexander Dumas: "All human wisdom is summed up in two words- wait and hope." I'm just taking some time to be super-wise.

Venga, Ciao
-Patrick