The Countdown

     Here we are, less than a week out from something that had everyone encapsulated with doubt.  Yes, we are actually going through with this journey of a lifetime.  An entire month spent roving about the various cultures and landscapes of Europe.  

     The time spent planning this trip for the last 7 months has gone by faster than I would have ever imagined.  A small idea of a couple of guys scrounging up some cash and flying overseas, has all of a sudden turned into reality.  For a while, I think we even doubted ourselves a bit, but once we actually had a ticket to Dublin, we had a foundation to put everything into.  Our seemingly fictitious idea had all of sudden come to life, and it hit us like a ton of bricks.  The inevitability of the fact that there was no turning back had us mad with excitement.  Dreams turned into reality.  So the countdown had begun.

     Just over a mere two weeks is all we had to wait, and what's a couple weeks compared to 7 months?  Let me tell you that I've never experienced time moving slower in my life.  Minutes seem to take hours, and days seem to take weeks at this point.  Hoping that these last 5 days fly by and actually being in Europe is all I can think about.  7:05 a.m. Friday morning is the only part of the week I can focus on.  The thrill of this adventure consumes me.  

     We fly out of Sioux Falls, SD into Dallas, TX.  From there we have a connecting flight from Dallas to New York City, where we have a 4 hour layover until our flight from NYC to Dublin, Ireland.  It's too bad that 4 hours is not near enough time to go explore New York City even in the slightest.  We would get out of the airport, find a cab, and then have to get right back out a stand in line for security again.  I'm not gonna say that our fingers aren't crossed for a delay in NYC on the way home, because that is without a doubt what we hope.  It would end up being the inception of vacations, a trip within a trip, but first things first;  Europe.