August 2005

Etchells Irish Championship

Another update. This past weekend I raced in the Etchels Irish Championship at Howth Yacht Club. Great racing, great weather, and I even beat Dennis Conner in one of the races.

Now I’m doing the tourist thing in Dublin for a few days, and then I’ll be going out to Galway on the west coast for a couple days. And then its back to Howth for one more regatta, the Etchells European Championship.

Whenever I can get access to Internet cafes that allow me to plug in my camera, I’ll be posting pictures to my Flickr photostream in a new photo set I created just for that purpose.

Paper Cranes

Three days and I’m exhausted already. I’ve done most of the standard touristy London things… the British Museum, the National Gallery, double-decker bus tour, etc. I even took the ferry up to Greenwich and stood on the Prime Meridian.

I’m staying in the Generator Hostel in London, a gigantic 800-bed hostel with its own bar, internet cafe, and cafeteria. Also the cheapest pint in London, and they know how to put on a good party.

Tomorrow I’m flying over to Dublin to meet up with a friend of a friend for the weekend. I’ll be racing in the Etchells Irish Nationals and then their European Championship.

Gone for awhile

In about 3 hours I board a plane for London. I’m leaving for awhile to backpack through Europe.

But don’t worry, I’m bringing my camera and I’ll be taking plenty of pictures. Watch this space… Cool stuff should be happening.

Yes. That there about sums it up. I’m done. Done with my Masters degree. Probably done with my college career for awhile.

Its a weird feeling. I celebrated it by coming back to my apartment and packing for about six hours. And now I’m celebrating with a nice rum and tonic. Still strange though. I had to run some errands around Oakland and I was assaulted by visions of “college life”. Students sitting on porches with acoustic guitars and beers on a Monday night. I’ll miss college.

Well, here’s to what’s next!