Dublin

Today has been a day full of new adventures for me. As I write this I am bouncing along in a passenger car of a train. I am speeding my way across green fields and small towns on my way home from Dublin. Dee wasn’t able to come with me today (She had local obligations), and the trip was definitely not a pleasure trip. I had to go to the capital for several meetings that took up most of my day…. Little did I know that the different offices I needed to go to were all over the city. To make a long story short – my feet and legs are killing me. I do like Dublin, but it is a bit of a culture shock to go there. I’m still not accustomed to double-decker buses flying inches past me (one right after another), and I’m still not used to all of that traffic. All of the other cities in Ireland seem to be very manageable, but it was a little intimidating going into the capital (where a quarter of Ireland’s population live & work – That is a lot!) not really knowing my way around – any of the street names – or how all the bus & tram services worked. It was really quite an adventure figuring it all out…….. and even though I didn’t really have much spare time - I enjoyed the challenge of a new place.