The place is very dull without you. All the lovely oddballs (I naturally include myself in that lot) are mercilessly chased by topic-obsessed mods. I would try to explain to them everything is connected but I feel it would be a waste of precious time.
It's very brave to travel these days. If you're planning to travel to other parts of Europe, beware of strikes and petrol shortages! And general chaos pretty much everywhere I suppose. Hope it all goes smoothly!
In Ireland if you can throw a pint and down a dart they'll adopt you as one of their own.(Needless to say, I can't do either of these things).( but I am not aware of having any Irish ancestor. Vikings seem ... plausible tho)
(Oï! did I hear someone laugh?!?)