It’s only taken a few days to see it all in Ireland — every day so far has featured some combination of sun, cloud wind and rain. Yesterday the rain part was a little more dominant than the previous days. Changed plans a little for us, but Ireland still showed us a good time. We left the guide book behind and went out on our own, following instincts. Grabbed a cheapo commuter train out to the coast to a small fishing town (Howth)… seemed like a local tourist spot more so than a foreigner locale. Got to see the ocean, some very rugged terrain, fishing boats, etc … typical maritime stuff. All in all it was good to get out of the city. Dublin is fine, but, I’m more in my element when I’m not surrounded by too many people or buildings.
I hadn’t heard anything about it before I left home, but, it seems that there is some sort of soccer tournament going on over here in Europe. Lots of people getting excited about it … hogs the TV screens day and night. Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals play tonight, and there isn’t a hope in hell that I’ll catch a glimpse of it … just more kick ball. Culture shock comes rears its ugly head again.
(c) Dennis Flood 2006