It was an early morning as I was getting dropped at the airport and the others were meeting for the team bus to head to their game. I arrived at Exeter Airport with plenty of time to relax. It was a short trip across to Dublin and I had a good nap. Because I didnt book my flights to be connection, I had to go through customs and then get my bag and then walk to another terminal and then check in. I had plenty of time and it all worked out. Thankfully Dublin airport had free wifi and I was able to watch the Olympics to fill my time. Everything was on time and I got away fairly pain free.

The 6.5hr flight to JFK, New York wasn’t bad and I managed a couple short naps, a movie, and read a fair few pages of my new book, Grit by Angela Duckworth. Finally we landed at 6.05pm US time, which was 11.05pm UK time. And for me, I still have 2 legs of my journey to go. After a fair hassle, I finally caught my shuttle to Grand Central and made the 8.34pm train. Arrived safe and well at 10.30pm into New Haven and my ride was waiting for me. A long day of travel but I was back in Hamden, all too familiar of a place!