Grey's Anatomy and Halloween

As much as I have been present here, gratefully enjoying our European life, I have been harboring secret hankerings for home, especially in fall. There's a gorgeous fall kind of feel here, too, but there are certain ways that the seasons express themselves that are culturally bound--at home we have jack o lanterns and Halloween, the pilgrims and corn husks, football games and, of course, TV shows getting going again. I'm not a huge TV watcher--we weren't allowed much growing up and usually we were too busy anyway. But I'm certainly not above it, and this fall season in Europe I've allowed myself the guilty pleasure to watching Grey's Anatomy to assuage the nostalgia. Gretchen and Mike, our Minneapolis/Maastricht friends who know what it's like to live here enjoying Europe while retaining something of one's American-ness, gave us Grey's Anatomy on iTunes--you can tell they had a year here to learn these kinds of things, thank you guys! As lately Ryan's worn himself out traveling and working, I've used his early to bed evenings to catch up on the Grey's Anatomy I've missed. It's been lovely. So too has getting ready for Ellie's Halloween party for her school, which will be held at an old castle nearby. Costumes are on tomorrow's agenda, so expect pictures soon. Happy October, everyone!