Musings from Philadelphia's International Terminal

After a particularly interesting morning (mainly due to Bank of America and my ineptitudes with technology), I have made it to Philadelphia airport's international terminal. Now only 3 more hours and I'll be boarding my plane for Ireland! That's not fake enthusiasm either--I'm excited and have plenty of Mad Men to watch in the mean time. Or I could watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I have kind of been on a Hunter S Thompson kick lately. So, if, for some reason, you are actually interested in my travels, I'll update you. I left Chicago at 1:50PM Central time. Inevitably, I saw someone from my high school, as always happens with USM. He was on my flight to Philly. Really weird coincidences. But anyways, here I am sitting in Philadelphia's moder-looking international terminal, waiting for my nine o'clock flight. Well, that seems pretty boring. How about I tell you about what I am hoping to do in Ireland, besides, you know, work. Well, you don't really have a say in the matter, so that's what's going to happen. 1) The Wickelow Mountains and Glendalough: super pretty and I really want to hike them. 2) Guinness Brewery: self-explanatory and free beer at the end! 3) Book of Kells: I like Irish history, so this is one of those things. 4) Temple Bar: Dip told me I had to. 5) Belfast: Jackie told me I had to go see a Titantic exhibit somewhere in Belfast. But I also know way too much about the Troubles for it to be healthy, so needless to say, Belfast is happening. 6)Galway: seems like a cool place OK, I'll stop boring you. Besides some Chinese food in the food court was calling my name. Sláinte