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Did somebody say Guinness?
Hi everybody! After escaping the Amsterdam snow, we went to Dublin for a 4 day weekend. It was a great deal - Aerlingus was running a sale: 6 euro each way (+ tax) to fly from Amsterdam to Dublin. Since we had never been, it seemed like a fun way to go. In general we found Dublin to be very fun. It is not as picturesque like some other European …
Potatoes & Ireland
... is no more evident than in the number of literary greats that have emerged from Dublin, alone. The likes of which include, Johnathan Swift, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw, and Samuel Beckett. The number of museums and cultural venues dedicated to these gentlemen and the art of writing is astounding.
Aside from the people, their kindness, and the rich literary tradition Ireland itself, the landscape ...
Hurling Hurlers
Much like Canada's national sport is not hockey but lacrosse, Ireland's national sport is not football but hurling.
When we were down in Kilkenny, we learned that the All Ireland Hurling Finals had recently occurred, and that the result had been a tie, so instead of playing extra time, they decided to reschedule the entire game for three weeks later. Later in our travels, we ended up in Galway, which ...
Pog Ma Thoin
... charged was quite cheap by San Francisco standards anyway. I started to get the impression that perhaps Ireland wasn’t a country of wealth but more of smiling people, apologetic that they hadn’t more to offer. Curious.
My stomach has been being quite sensitive and the weather and time changes have been having a deleterious effect making it a bit uncomfortable for me to be in the airport or in confined spaces in general and by now I was ...