Hello from 36,500 feet, with 1537km still to go as we fly over Baku on the edge of the Caspian Sea! The first installment has fallen to me to write and it'll be no surprise to some of you that Vinny has been out for the count for the last six hours, waking only to eat his dinner! We're so excited to be on our way after a whirlwind week for Vinny before we left. The wonderful news is that Dr. Smyth has completed all work on his thesis and it is now beautifully bound and destined for UCD library. The end of an era! Lots of nostalgia as he cleared out his workspace in the lab and said a final farewell to the zebrafish yesterday evening!Despite all Vinny's wild accusations that I had packed everything
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