This blog comes from Ireland and near the end of the Ray-Ray world tour.
Notes scribbled on various bar napkins.
1. Still possible to find the Ireland I fell in love with 30 yrs hence you’ve just got to drive a bit futher out of the ‘big’ cities to do it. Warm engaging people who want to meet you and chat it up over a pint.
2. Pubs are better since u can’t smoke in them.
3. Speaking of smoke, its still possible to catch a whiff of a peat fire in the morning air if u get up early.
4. You know you’re in the true Ireland when you ask the desk clerk what time the news agent opens, and she says, “Oh they open sharply @ 8 but I’d give them til 8:15.”
5. You gotta love folks who proudly serve a porridge for b’fast with ‘whisky, cream and honey’ all mixed in. Bringing back the recipe if I can.
Think there’s a market for it?
