Iceland: Destroying more than just the world economy

This is an interruption of your scheduled programming with breaking updates of the Icelandic Volcano!

Currently it is ruining plans worldwide. Most importantly, it is ruining mine. Not content with mere destabilization of the European economy, Iceland has decided to subject the Continent to a second eruption of hot air that everyone would later claim to have foreseen.
The volcano has been continuously spewing forth it's ashen fury since last week, and I thought that it was a minor thing that would clear up before I was affected. Of course, I naively assumed that a bit of ash and steam couldn't take that long to dissipate and Europe would be back to normal. I watched the news with interest, but wasn't actually concerned until Sunday morning. That's when it struck me that I would possibly be one of the thousands of people left stuck by Eyjafjallajökull* and it's toxic ash plumes.

I wasn't the only one to assume this, but now I can count myself as one of the hoards of people left stranded.

The week long trip to London that I had been planning fell to pieces after I got the dreaded RyanAir email.

Your flight has been cancelled due to the ongoing volcanic eruptons.

At least it sounded cool.

I did, briefly attempt to see how expensive it would be to catch the ferry across to Britain...and I completely understand why we are heavily reliant on air travel.

To get to London, I would first need to get a train to Dublin from Limerick which takes two hours assuming you could even get a ticket at short notice. Then I'd need to catch another train or the tram to the Dublin port, get on the ferry and wait three or four hours to reach Holyhead in Wales. Assuming I could even get on the flooded website to buy an incredibly overpriced ticket.
Then I'd either spend five hours on a train to London, or 10 hours on a much cheaper bus...

My laziness and lack of funds prevailed so I remained grounded in Ireland instead of completing work experience in London.

Thanks again Iceland.


*spell check had a coronary is currently in recovery.