Friday, September 25, 2009--Dublin

1172 miles is the final distance traveled in this cycle trek. From Hamburg to Venice was the route, and it has been completed. In planning the trip a couple days were allowed for rest or unforeseen problems or unanticipated detours, or just flex days at the end of the trip. Our itinerary involved detours (to Slovenia) and problems (broken spoke and nearly broken fork), but still left us with a couple days at the end. So yesterday was a day's visit to Venice, and today was a quick visit to Treviso then plenty of time to get to the airport. In fact we arrived mid-afternoon and our flight was not until 9 pm, so we cycled around the area a bit--not too exciting but better than sitting in an airport.
The flight back to Dublin was smooth, and as Andrea picked up Brian and headed north to Lisburn I was picked up by a Dublin friend and taken to Sandymount, a village just south of Dublin proper, where Nancy was staying with a friend.
So, another wonderful adventure comes to a conclusion. And an excellent adventure and happy conclusion is was! And, again, Thanks be to God!