Gosh, I wish you the best trip back home ever!!! I know how it can feel. You see I was raised on the West Coast of the Americas too--in Los Angeles. Then, at 22, I came East to graduate school at Penn State but didn't last 6 months and went to New York City and met my wife and that was 30 some years ago. I have always had the longing for my West Coast home. People are just different away from home. I know you will have a wonderful experience. All my love. r-h