greetings from the deliciously cool basement the belongs to my friend Alexey and eLena. I’m out at their house near the starmburg sea south of Munich. Im staying in germany over the weekend because of some talks i need to give monday.

its really nice hanging out with alexey and elena.. they have four beautiful kids and live in this big house with a zillion rooms, stairs, closets , nooks, crannies.

last nught their daughter natasha was having her 11th birthday so there were 5-6 girls from the international school.. it was pretty cool when they sung happy birthday.. you got at least five languages!

Alexy and elena and the kids have lived all over the worl.. th two of them are from a small town in russia…alexy went to MIPT..thenthry moved to boston where alexy did his phd in experimental phyoscs at harvard… he did most of his experimental work at cornell.. which is where elena got her degree.. they then lived in Connecticut, westechester, shanghai, Spain, germany., and each time they pick up the language..

elena taught me a cool expression in chineses..”mamahoohoo” it literly means “horse,horse,dragon,dragon” which is a way of saying things aren’t great..but they aren’t too bad either.

good word for use so,eday… but for now im great

night all, night sam

-me