Back in the town...for now.

We made it back to the USA will all of our baggage.  We spent 2 days in Cambridge with our Irish friends Cathal and Eimer, and Eimer's boyfriend Lee.  We had a very good time.  We went punting on the river, which is boating but where the boat is propelled by a person who uses a long pole to push along the bottom of the river.  We got the lazy mans' tour though, and had someone else do the punting for us.  It was cold and wet there, as it was in England.  Then we went to Dublin for about 2 days.  It was cold there, but not wet.  We walked around a lot, and went to the sites that we missed the first time around.  We did a fair amount of shopping; we got all our last minute gifts taken care of.  Angelene said that we had to spend the rest of our Euros so we wouldn't have to be bothered by carrying them around, and we pretty much succeeded at that.  Now we are in Chicago.  The weather is beautiful, 51F and sunny.  I couldn't believe that i would ever think 51F was beautiful, but it was... until the sun dissapeared.  We went to the post office and to Chipotle for lunch.  We leave for Aussieland tomorrow.  We fly to LA, then it is a 14.5 hour flight to Sydney, ouch!!  I'm sure it will be worth it.  We have also replenished our supply of reading materials, so that should help as well.  That is all.