With the world having more or less gotten back to normal, I decided that it was time to start seeing it again. A minority of my ancestors were Irish, so it was a place I had always wanted to visit. On Saturday, September 9th, I caught a plane to Chicago to connect with a flight to Dublin.
That flight was cancelled due to an unspecified “operational issue”. I ended up on another flight late in the day on the 10th, and ended up making it to Dublin late in the morning of the 11th. After making it to the hotel and sleeping for a few hours, I went out to explore the town and search for food.
Some subsequent plans involve meeting up at the Molly Malone statue, so finding it was a priority. The statue is located near St. Patrick’s cathedral.
After wandering into a nice little restaurant called The Millstone for some mussels frites and a whiskey sour with actual egg foamer on top.
I continued to poke around until I found the statues of Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith in front of Trinity College. I will be taking an actual tour of the college soon, so I moved
I didn’t venture too far into the college this time, but I will be visiting it for a full tour in a few days.
At this point I was starting to feel badly tired, so I returned to my room to rest up for the next day’s adventure.