“We survive. We’re Irish. We have the souls of poets. We love our misery, we delight in the beauty of strange places and dark places in our hearts.” – Ellis Flynn, Wear Black Having finished posting about the first leg of my adventures in Ireland I’m feeling rather contemplative re: what it meant to… Read More Summary: My Ireland
Yeah, I realize it’s taken me more than double the time to tell you about my two weeks in Ireland and Wales than it did to experience them. And you’re probably sick of hearing that old excuse about how busy I am and how exciting my life is and how my social life consists of rubbing… Read More a tramp’s abroad: photo essay of Galway city and the Cliffs of Moher
2.01 I’d never booked a bus tour before Ireland but in order to see more of the country outside Dublin I thought it behooved me to try it. It’s a risk trusting your vacation to someone else, even tour professionals. All you can do is research the route, trust to reviews from past travelers and… Read More travel bits from a tramp abroad: get on the bus, gus
1.04 We had but one full day dedicated to seeing Dublin. I know what you’re thinking, a totally American way to see Europe, but originally I’d designated the day we arrived as a sightseeing opportunity. Couldn’t have counted on Allison’s 1,000 hour layover in Rosslare (the core of hell, just wait for it) or… Read More travel bits from a tramp abroad: duo does dublin
dublin 24.5.2014 “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a word of what I’m saying.” – Oscar Wilde “sphere within sphere” – arnaldo pomodoro trinity college, dublin old library, trinity college ditto street performers, shopping district (note American influence) lovely pubs everywhere natch lovely pubs, redux shopping… Read More photos: ireland (dublin)
dublin 23.5.2014 “When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served at all the pubs in Dublin.” – J.P. Donleavy ma approach, Christ Church Cathedral christ church cathedral vaulted the tile the glass understated tomb (knock, knock?) translating ireland –… Read More photos: ireland (dublin)
1.03 By the time Allison arrived in Dublin she had to chip the ice off me. She’s been studying abroad in Swansea, Wales since January; this was a much more mature young woman. As the trip went along she became mother figure and I her child. She was the Expert of All Things. She… Read More travel bits from a tramp abroad: the meet-up
dublin 23.5.2014 “When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.” – Brendan Behan the “floozie in the jacuzzi“ (a/k/a Anna Livia)
1.02 Connolly Station, Dublin is the smallest capital city rail station I’ve seen. Also, open air which means you freeze your arse off no matter where you sit. I don’t think Dublin wants you staying long in Connolly Station. I had hours to pass waiting for my daughter to arrive via ferry, then train… Read More Travel bits from a tramp abroad: Arrival
dublin 23.5.2014 Solitude is good in the evening. Dublin is a quiet city when you get to a certain age, when your friends settle down and have kids. Nothing much happens here. – Colm Tóibín the liffey graffiti and, again, the liffey
