Destination: Dublin

[lagilman]

Ever have one of those 24 hour periods where everything just fell into place, where even the things that didn't quite go right went well, and there wasn't a single irritation to mar the day?

Yeah. It's been like that.

And now it is 9pm and I am stuffed full of proper fish-and-chips and tea (after Irish stew and sodabread for lunch*) and I have napped just enough to hold off jet lag but not enough to ruin tonight's sleep, and I have walked dear gods probably ten miles today because the weather, rather than being rainy and cold was sun-bright and chilly. All in all, I call that a good day.

And that's not even counting the Irish whisky tasting I did (Terri, I found the store. It is indeed a marvel. Not sure that bottle of Writers' Tears is worth the $$ though, alas).

I have also discovered that terms like "return" rather than "round-trip" and "take-away" rather than "take-out" fall naturally from my lips under the required situations, and at least one person has already asked me if I live here. *boggles* Other observations have already started to percolate, but I want to see how/if they firm up over the next few days before I commit them to public view. And I'm gathering the needed information and it harmonizes with what I'd plotted, so yay.

My hotel is shabby but very clean, the staff is friendly (and had extra adapters so I could charge both my phone and my netbook, yay) and the shower has decent hot water under decent pressure. And the bed's near-perfect for both napping and curl-up-reading. Which is what I am going to do now.



(and yes, I know the icon is from Paris, not Dublin. I need a "traveling meerkat" icon)


*I can tell already that I will be craving green salads by the time I get home

Comments

[blitheringpooks.livejournal.com]

I'm drooling on my keyboard, just reading about it all. Congrats on good travel and a good day.

[stef94.livejournal.com]

Heee! Welcome in a normal European timezone :-)

And YAY for pub food! Mmmmmmmmmmm :-)

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

Photos! I want photos! Or "snaps"?

[michael-b-lee.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, Writer's Tears. That sounds interesting.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I love Dublin. I lived there for two years in the early 90s and it was a wonderful place to be. Have much fun at Phoenixcon.
(There used to be an Egyptian vegetarian restaurant somewhere near the Halfpenny bridge that was wonderful for green foodz -- it may not still be there, but might be worth trying if it is.)

[mt-yvr.livejournal.com]

(Sigh) I love Dublin.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

You need to take a picture of Dublin for your new icon. LOL

[lagilman]

heh. Eastern time is always useful because you're somewhere between Left Coast and GMT, and can demand most biz-folk meet you there. But my sense of relative time (versus "be here at 8") is slippery at best; my clock resets itself pretty easily.

[lagilman]

I find myself talking more notes than photos, but will see what I can do...

[lagilman]

*looks around* Of course you do. No, I'm not sending you anything from the duty-free store. I'm not sure how many stamps he'd take, anyway.

;-P

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Dublin is lovely. Foodwise, a recent visit by an English friend living in Kells, who said he was a vegetarian, reveals that he is in fact simply a potatoarian, and I suspect this is true of much of the country.

[lagilman]

I did not partake of the Full Irish at breakfast this morning; there are some things my American-born stomach just won't accept. By Monday... well, we'll see.

(I stuck with the much lighter tea-toast-scrambled eggs)