Travel diary, day 0

[xuenay]

My previously announced departure to the US got a bit delayed, but now it's finally going to happen. Tomorrow's the day. My flight will depart the Helsinki-Vantaa airport at 7:35 AM. Change of plane at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, then it's a straight flight all the way to San Fransisco. Total duration, 16 hours. Matters aren't helped by the fact that if I want to be on the airport in time, I need to take a bus that leaves at 5 AM.

It's a strange feeling, looking around and knowing that I won't be seeing this place for four months. I can't help but feeling that it'll be a kind of a death and rebirth; I'll leave where and what I am now. One doesn't just spend four whole months in an entirely different place and remain unchanged. When I come back, I'll be a new person, hopefully for the better.

I should probably be getting to bed, but a part of me wants to remain awake and savor the last hours of my old life while it still can.

Comments

[chewi.livejournal.com]

I too will be travelling tomorrow but only for 6 hours, not 16. Probably not quite so life-changing either. Bon voyage. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Bon voyage, indeed - and best of luck at the SIAI!

FrF
(A reader of Less Wrong)

[ferrouswheel.livejournal.com]

Have fun, SF is a great place and I treasure my 3 month stay there in 2008. ;-)

[aerothorn.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, the other disturbingly intelligent science person I know lives in San Francisco.

Last thing I knew, she was developing a cure for rabies. At the age of 18. And now she's specializing in astrobiology...