I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: America.
Perhaps it's a sign that they've seen something in us which pointedly and tragically we don't yet quite see in ourselves and have never been alowed to believe in by figures in our past that we are deserving of love.
It's a timely reminder of what positive things can be achieved, when people set aside past differences and come together in the spirit of friendship and reconciliation.
Okay, it's a pretty straight shot through the Zone of Interest, past Past Lives, over Anatomy of a Fall falls, whoosh, and all the way to Carnegie Hall.
Some 60,000 people use the service each day, and the $156 billion worth of goods moved through the tunnel each year is believed to account for more than a quarter of all trade between the UK and mainland Europe.