Tag: Ireland

Twenty-Nine

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes (though my nephew wins the prize for cutest greeting)! I did indeed have an enjoyable birthday — spending the day at the National Gallery and the Famine Memorial and spending the evening at a play and dinner. Today we headed out of the city to the town of …

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Dublin | No Apathy Allowed

Baile Átha Cliath

I realize I’ve been in Dublin for two and half days and haven’t even told you about what I’ve been seeing yet! To start, here’s a bit of Wikipedia background on the city for you: “The earliest reference to Dublin is in the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy), the Greek astronomer and cartographer, around the …

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Dublin Rain

It’s pouring rain this morning in Dublin, and I’m taking refuge in an internet cafe while mein Schatz attends the first day of his conference. I’m hoping to take a city tour or do some other sightseeing, but hope the rain will die down a bit first. Our night out in Berlin was great. We …

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