Days at Gubbeen are dwindling but I'm not inspired to write, I think my mind is too focused on the crazy traveling that lies ahead to really think much more of this place that has eased me so seamlessly into life on the road. To add to this distraction of trains and planes and buses, there is also the latest distraction of the 2010 World Cup. Starting on Thursday night there seemed to be a soccer explosion and suddenly all the TV channels and newspapers were dripping with news and lineups and speculations about the games. It's hard not to get sucked in (at least a little).