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The Auld Sod
Will be back home for a few days from June 24th. Then driving from France to Spain and Italy for 8 weeks. Anyone interest, feel free to join for a short leg of the journey - just hop in the back seat and don't touch the radio! <Click here or the title for a draft itinerary/map>
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Shamrocks, Potatoes, Guiness, and other cliches
Actually, I didn't so any of those things.
But, here's what I did do.
Day 1 (Monday)
After writing that blog after getting home from Cornwall, I frantically packed, washed clothes, sat with the mates downstairs to watch a bit of a movie, and was asleep by half midnight with the vets awake and worried for their exam. I awoke bright at 5, went downstairs with my bag and ate the tiny cheesecake Essy had made me,, grabbed a bagel and Brie, and headed out to the ...
Short trip from Boston
... we caught another double decker with lid off. Just checking out the main attractions for visits tomorrow. The Guinness Brewery was a huge disappointment after everyone told us to go there. Now owned by some Yank conglomerate, it is a tourist rip off. You don't see anything in the old brewery, just replicas of the original. I think the attraction is the free Guinness at the end of ...
Sightseeing in Dublin
... then to the guineas storehouse, it was massive and you got a free guineas at the end overlooking the sights of Dublin. It was then a spot of shopping in Henry street (sales are EVERY WHERE, tishca picked a dress for 10 euro that was marked down from 80!! Madness :) it was then a quick pub meal for tea (incidentally MUCH better then the previous meal).
That night we went on the Dublin Ghostbus tour. I had high hopes, the bus was all decked out ...
Italians, "Father Ted" and the Rod to God
... before meeting our tour group at 5:00. More later!
LATER: Met the group at 5:00 for introductions and dinner in the Copper Alley Bistro downstairs. I'm one of three (!) Teresas, although one of them is a Theresa. I sat next to Sonja and Gary, who were there with Sonja's sister (who is now my tour buddy) and Gary's cousin. Then there are three Kelly couples. The men are brothers, and their sister is along as well. When John and I were on the Paris tour, we had three sisters and ...
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