Wednesday, June 27th – Missy and I fly out to Dublin

Thursday, June 28th – Arrive in Dublin; get situated and relax

Friday, June 29th – See the city.

Saturday, June 30th and Sunday, July 1st – Travel up to Sligo and visit the area, where the poet W.B. Yeats lived and wrote.

Monday, July 2nd – Travel down the west coast of the island and stay on the Aran islands for the evening. 

Tuesday, July 3rd – Travel back across the island, making our way to Dublin.

Wednesday, July 4th – Visit Trinity College, a school I will be applying to for PhD studies, and speak with the Director of the program. Relax in Dublin.

Thursday, July 5th through Saturday, July 7th – Missy flies home and I head north to Derry, the site of the Bloody Sunday Massacre. Also spend time at the Corrymeela community.

Saturday, July 7th through Thursday, July 12th – Head to Belfast and meet with Healing Through Remembering, Mediation Northern Ireland, Cooperation Ireland, visit the Belfast campus of Trinity College and speak with the Director of the Reconciliation programs there.

Friday, July 13th and Saturday, July 14th – Head south to Rostrevor, a monastery in Northern Ireland

Sunday, July 15th – Fly to Dubrovnik and either stay the evening or head immediately to Mostar.

Monday, July 16th – Either meet with Renewing Our Minds Initiative or spend time in Mostar with hosts (a group of 20 and 30 somethings working with NGO’s and/or studying).

Tuesday, July 17th – Travel to Sarajevo, stay at the St. Anthony’s monastery.

Wednesday, July 18th through Friday, July 20th – Meet with the Nansen Centre for Dialogue and Face to Face Religious Service and Pontanima, an inter-religious choir.

Friday, July 20th – Take a bus to Split.

Saturday, July 21st – Fly to Budapest, Hungary. Long layover from arrival at 10am to departure at 9pm next day.

Sunday, July 22nd –  Fly to Geneva, Switzerland.

Monday, July 23rd – Travel to Taize, France and stay 3 nights.

Thursday, July 26th – Travel to Paris. Process some research, write.

Friday, July 27th – Fly home