After leaving Ft. Dix and heading to Kuwait, I couldn’t help but have a million thoughts running through my mind.  Since this was my first time ever outside of the U.S., I was amazed at every stop we made!

One thing I noticed so vividly was the flight of birds, no matter the country. In Iceland and Germany, there were temperatures in the teens at least and snow visibly on the ground, but birds were still flying high.

Now you tell me, where do birds think they are?

Do they have some sort of map that says, “this is the southern most part of Iceland” or this is the U.S.?  Do they migrate closer to the equator during winter months or are they loyal to their country? Do they sing songs with German accents versus a southern tune? Just wondering…

At the same time, I saw a vehicle I had never had use for.  Thank you mister snow mobile! Before we pulled into our terminal in Leipzig, there were workers clearing the way for a safe arrival amidst inches of snow. I’ve always wanted to play in the snow & have a “White Christmas.”  So there he was, not John Deere but a new breed I’ve never seen before.  I call him, “Mr. Snow Mobile!”

There were toilets that flushed the wrong way, jack rabbits that hopped long, high, and super fast, and a German breakfast we shared complete with brats and hot mustard. It all made me think, “this must be what Wyoming is like…”

To top it all off,  and to finish our trip, we arrived in Kuwait just hours after I saw for the first time a glowing red sunset.  It capped off the trip. I encountered a U.S. sunset when we left Ft. Dix, the darkness of an Icelandic sky, the German sunrise, and then a sunset that only God could have colored.

So, I guess I’ll never have to ask again, “which way the sun sets…”