I'm sitting in Shannon airport waiting for my flight to Newark and thence Seattle.  Yesterday morning I decided that I'm done with this trip.  I'd like to return and do some things differently.  Next time, I'll rent a car for all or part of the visit.  Busses didn't really work for meeting people, given how cramped the seating is for me, as well as ( Read more... )

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I'm now on the way to Galway.  Got up this morning, showered, simple breakfast, with gift of bread & tea from Karine.  Bus from dingle back to tralee, and then got a bus to Limerick and thence to Galway ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon at 4pm I met up with Siobhan to get some tips on travel and then went to the Tourist Info center to ask about calling cards and car rental.  I learned that if I take a bus to the Kerry airport, I can rent a car there and return it elsewhere in Ireland.

When I got back to the hostel, I met Karine from Paris.  We did a bit of ( Read more... )

I attended the 2006 Irish Salsa School at the National University of Ireland (NUI) at Maynooth, from Friday to Sunday.  The weekend was packed with classes in four levels (beginner, improver, intermediate, and advanced).  I did intermediate level classes, which were plenty challenging for me.  Also classes in spinning and Rueda.  I guess there were ( Read more... )

Barak gave me a melatonin last night to help me make the time shift.  I guess I stayed up past the window.  I felt sleepy, but then stayed up longer and then wasn't able to fall asleep.  I ended up sleeping until about 1:30pm, after having wonderful dreams.  Then hanging out & using the internet before it's time to take the train to Maynooth for ( Read more... )

I slept only a bit on the plane.  Partly the squeezed space, and partly the movie, which I'd wanted to see.  From the airport, I took a bus into the Drumcondra section of Dublin, and met up with Barak, who put me up for the night at his apartment in an old convent ( Read more... )