Time isn't listening to me!

I asked it very nicely to please slow down, but it didn't!


Tamara came, we explored Frankfurt and Vienna, Tamara left, I continued to explore Vienna, and now I am sitting at the airport, waiting for my plane to Dublin. I'M GOING BACK TO IRELAND!! As much as I love Vienna, I am SOOOO excited to get back to Dublin and Galway.

It occurred to me recently that perhaps going home via a multi-day stopover in Ireland was a good plan. People keep mentioning reverse culture shock, and although I've never experienced it before, I've also never been away this long. By stopping in Ireland, I think the transition back to English-speaking North America will be more gradual: first English-speaking, then 5 days later North America. Hopefully that will help :)

By the way, Vienna was fabulous as expected. The first day was a bit rough because we somehow got stuck in a really expensive area right when we were hungry, and by the time we found a place to eat that we could afford, we were nearly dead! But the weather was perfect (at least while Tamara was here - really hot and really sunny - I got tan lines! - but my last day was pouring rain), and I think we made it to nearly everthing that we wanted to visit. Fun times!

Looks like I'm out of time. Bis bald!