Travelogue

It takes 28 hours, 45 minutes, and 7 seconds to get from the door of my flat in Dublin to the door of my house in Utah. Or at least that's how long it took me. Starting at 4am yesterday, I caught a bus to the Dublin airport. After some waiting, a flight to New York, more waiting, another flight, and a car ride, I'm home.

A few highlights:
• I had to swap my sneakers for my steel-toed shoes at the check-in counter because my bag was .6 kilograms over the 32 kilo limit (70 pounds).
• Upon arriving in the U.S., I embraced my narrow, green currency with its beautiful exchange rate of exactly 1 to 1.
• The first thing I bought was the year-in-review issue of Entertainment Weekly and the USA Today. Less than 2 hours later, I felt mostly reacquainted with American pop culture and current events.

Once I get my film developed, more pictures will make their way into my Europe photo gallery. I'll make note of that here when it happens. For now, this is the end of the road.

Thanks for reading.

Posted by Ryan at 12:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

The title says most of it: my work is done. 8 finals and 45 written pages later. What it doesn't tell you is that things end differently here. In all of my classes, after the final lecture, the students applaud the professor. After my theology final was over, our professor took us to his favourite nearby pub for a round on him. There's something to be learned here....

Now all that's left to do here in Dublin is Christmas shopping, sending a few last postcards, and packing. In 3 days, I'll leave Ireland, and in 4 days, I'll be home.

Posted by Ryan at 12:50 PM | Permalink