There’s not much time between today and when the class ended in Prague. Already, those days feel very far away. Students have left and scattered to their next adventure or to return home. The students whose work remains unfinished is still not in my inbox, and of course, some are ignoring my last communications reminding them that WhatsApp isn’t a suitable way to communicate now that we’re outside of our ‘in-country’ program. None of this is surprising. What is, is that it all feels so far away already though really I feel as if I could look behind me and catch a glimpse of Jana walking to the tram and still, when I enter a spot, I expect and am disappointed that there isn’t the usual ‘ Dobré den!” Greeting me at the door.
Ireland so far has been nice - though I say Ireland and really, it’s only Dublin. As if one city, even one so central as Prague or Dublin, could give one a proper sense of place. I’ve already had, in two days, about as many conversations here as I think I did with strangers in Prague. The Irish are a chatty people - I count myself among them, for sure. I’m trying not to get my hopes and expectations up for. Dingle - not sure what I will find there. For sure, I have more work to do for the class and need to provide their feedback - I am fully aware that human nature is going to make me procrastinate. So perhaps tonight is a good night to chip away at it - or tomorrow morning.
Maybe I’ll get lucky and once I settle tonight, I’ll have a chance to go to a pub and get food and see how social folks are. It is Sunday, so perhaps not the best day for it, but I’m hoping that my adventures will end on a good note.