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Some resolutions for when I return from my travels ((Note: This list was written while I was away, even though I’m posting it nearly a month after my return. Because apparently posting this posting was not one of my resolutions.)): Henceforth, teaching money will become travel money. Since teaching is a supplementary job for me […] →Read more
So after telling you that I was done with posting about my trip, I discovered two blog postings that I drafted on my iPad while I was away with the intention of posting when I got home and then totally forgot about until just now, when I discovered them. Clearly, you should not listen to […] →Read more
So it’s taken me way longer than I expected to write this series of blog postings about my trip to Europe ((Because apparently when you aren’t on vacation you have life to deal with and can’t spend all your time indulging pastimes like photo editing and blogging.)), so I’m going to wrap it up with […] →Read more
This is a *really* long posting about stuff I learned on my vacation. Like, really freaking long. You should probably take a vacation day or seven to read it. Given that my holiday was meant to be a break from work and school, it was somewhat surprising that I chose a holiday that included an […] →Read more
One thing that every person I’ve ever talked to that has ever been to Ireland raves about is the music. There is music everywhere you go, from live bands in every pub (often accompanied by Irish dancing and *always* accompanied by lots of the audience singing along) to the buskers you’ll see both in the […] →Read more
I should probably preface this posting by saying that I’ve never actually been on a cruise. But from my limited understanding of cruises, I believe that cruises involve a bunch of people all traveling on a big vehicle, going from place to place, where at the places they let you off said vehicle to go […] →Read more
For as far back as I can remember, my mom has been a fan of Waterford crystal, so we were pretty excited that our tour of Ireland included a trip to the Waterford Crystal Factory. Fun fact: Look at the Waterford Crystal logo (below) – you’ll notice that the seahorse’s tail ((A seahorse was chosen […] →Read more
What trip to Ireland would be complete with kissing the Blarney Stone? Yes, I know that it’s a very tourist-y thing to do. But seeing as I was a tourist and all, I didn’t have a problem with that ((See also: this photo.)). The story goes that if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you receive the […] →Read more
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe I’m of Irish descent because, in addition to not being a fan of Guinness, I’m also not much of a whiskey drinker ((I *want* to like scotch. Because it seems so sophisticated. But that peaty flavour – gah!)). I did, however, develop a taste for Irish coffees while on my […] →Read more
The thing about beer in Ireland is that if you don’t drink stout, you are SOL. Wherever you go, you are guaranteed to find Guinness on tap, but if you don’t want to drink Guinness, your options are basically shitty American beers ((i.e., Bud or Coors Light)) or Heineken. In the southern part of the […] →Read more