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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Highlights from Ireland
Reading Joyce's Dubliners in a cafe and realizing that the coffee company mentioned in one of the stories was Bewley's. Guess the name of the cafe I was reading in? Exactly. It's been around since 1840.
 Teaching two Israelis how to play euchre, a highly Midwestern game, in the middle of St. Stephen's Green.
Giant's Causeway. But I've already mentioned that.
Being amused at Belfast's imaginative names for their monuments. There's the Salmon of Wisdom (not Knowledge, as the link says) and the Thing with the Ring.
Getting help from not one, but three very kind bus drivers (and an Irish woman, who also missed her stop) on our first trip back to our hosts' house. A route map for the Dublin bus system does not seem to exist. What exists is a map with stops (with a separate page listing which buses go to each stop) and no clear way to route between buses (Google hasn't mapped this out for us yet). And the stop we needed that day does not have a name or landmarks of any kind.
The Irish trio at Peadar O'Donnells in Derry.
Seeing the Long Room at Trinity College, also known as the Old Library.
Hanging out in the oldest pub in Belfast, if just for a half hour. But we were right next to the fireplace. Mmmm.
 Swing dancing with a Canadian on Grafton Street because the (entirely amplified) band on the corner was playing blues. This was the best dancing moment of the trip.
Dancing with lindy hoppers from twelve countries.
Getting locked in a garage/warehouse with lindy hoppers from twelve countries. Seriously. They locked the door for the late night venue once everyone was inside and you had to find the person with the key in order to get out.Labels: Belfast, Dublin, Ireland, travel
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