My shoes are still in Dublin

I left a pair of shoes in Dublin last week.
They weren’t anything amazing. Just a comfortable pair of brown shoes that I could wear with anything and on any occasion. But these were special shoes. They were on my feet as I spent the last couple weeks walking around London and Dublin.
And oh did I [...]

Last few hours in London

Ok, folks. So I will start this off by saying this may be my last Euro-post. I leave for Ireland tomorrow and will not have the constant Interwebs access my friend DJ provides. If that’s the case, then I hope you’ve enjoyed reading of my trip.
Anyway, let me recap my Tuesday. The day was another [...]

Who says British food is terrible?

Greetings, folks. I know I’ve been lax in my posting from overseas, so I’ll try to put a lot in here. I’m tired, though, so bear with me.
So I’ve been in the country 3 1/2 days. And it feels like way longer — but in a good way. I’ve packed a ton of activity into [...]

First London post

It’s kind of hard to believe I’m actually writing this from London. But here I am. I’m not going to write an essay. Instead, I’ll rely on every reporter’s friend – the bullet point – to recap the trip to this point. Enjoy.

Flew from Chicago to Dublin. It was an exhausting, overnight flight, but at [...]

T-minus 18 hours and 37 minutes

I think it’s pretty damn cool that my 100th post here at the Quad City Reporter is also the last post I’ll make before leaving for Europe.
So here we are. I’m starting this entry at 12:38 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. That is exactly 18 hours and 37 minutes before my plane is scheduled [...]

T-minus 4 days – The List

I’m not Santa, but I’ve made a list and checked it twice.
I’m not a very organized traveler/packer. That’s because until now, none of my trips have been for long periods of time and they’ve all been to places I’m relatively familiar with and/or where I know I’ll be ok if I forget something.
Not so with [...]

T-minus 8 days

It’s beginning to hit me that in almost exactly 8 days, my plane (if everything runs on time) will be pushing back from a gate at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to whisk me across the Atlantic Ocean to Dublin. From there, I’ll catch another plane to fly me to London’s Heathrow Airport.
One of the [...]