Departure Day

I am sitting at the food court at the Pittsburgh airport eating a salad from Quiznos. I figured now would be a good time to start my travel blog to Ireland. My flight leaves in a hour for Newark where I will connect to Dublin. It's hard to believe it is finally departure day.

I am going to Dublin to supervise 20 Slippery Rock University students as they finish their last few weeks of student teaching. After successfully completing their first nine weeks in the states, they departed on October 25th to begin their last seven weeks in Dublin. I will be joining my colleague who has been busy supervising them thus far. She will spend a week showing me the bus routes, introducing me to the various schools, and basically getting me acclimated to Dublin. After she departs, I will do the remaining observations and bring the students home on December 9th, just a few days before they graduate.

I am excited to finally be going, and my academic responsibilities at SRU are tied up for the time being. My classes have ended, my grading is done. Now I can focus on Ireland and enjoy my first visit to a country that I am very anxious to see first hand.

Off to my gate. I'll keep you posted.