UPDATE — DUBLIN, Ireland, late Monday, Aug. 12: Our flight home through Philadelphia ultimately was canceled and Courtenay scrambled to book new flights, with our group of seven forced to fractured into three different routes. We had a long, frustrating day that ended in disappointment. We all hope to be home by the end of Tuesday, but we face uncertainty and tight connections. Wish us luck.

DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 12, 2013–It’s a mess at Dublin International Airport today, with all of US Airways flights to Philadelphia backed up. Hundreds of people are waiting on two delayed flights, including ours, and many people have been here since yesterday, when their flight was canceled. It’s a tense scene, with lots of anger, and a trio of cops here to keep the peace. Since we can’t make our Philly connection to Portland (a four-hour window wasn’t enough, for US Lateways), we’ve been rebooked through Phoenix. At last word, we hope to get into Portland about 1:30 Tuesday morning–five or six hours later than scheduled–but that’s not assured right now. If we don’t get out of Dublin at 4 p.m., we’ll miss our new connection to Phoenix, and then we’re not sure where we’ll go.

It’s been a great trip, but we’re all tired and anxious and eager to get home.