Thursday, July 1, 2010

Getting Away

Leaving home should be easy when you're about to explore one of the prettiest countries for six weeks. No phone, limited internet access, lots of new friends and neverending cities: what more could you want?

But what if something from home is hanging over your head? How do you escape? Someone e-mails me and the subject line says "Respond ASAP" and another e-mail includes a phone number that I should call at your earlies convenience. But I don't want to (and can't really). I want to enjoy Ireland and let things at home work out themselves. Is that possible in our ultra-connected high-speed world where something that happens in the furthest city can affect you anywhere in the world?

Right now I just have to let things be. There is nothing I can do about the situation at home right now.

Today is our last day in Cork, and I'm sad to say goodbye already. Time is flying much faster than I anticipated, though I knew the summer would be over before I could even realize it. This city offers so much to do and I wish I could have walked to even more places, eaten more quality cuisine, heard more stories from locals.

Three more cities to go.

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