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dispatches from Ennis
Apr. 20th, 2024 03:33 amI can't promise eloquence, especially not while still vaguely jetlagged and equally out of sorts due to familyness (let's just say traveling with both parents at once is rather an interesting experience in ways I hadn't fully appreciated until now), but at least this is something.
I can now say I've had both fish and chips and hard cider in a pub in Ireland. I can also say that I've had orange marmalade (unless it was quince, but I don't think so, I definitely got sour citrus out of it) on toast as part of breakfast in our hotel. I appreciate Ireland's cobblestone sidewalks, Merlin will be getting a workout now that I've downloaded the relevant bird identification pack because ravens, wood pigeons, and European blackbirds ahoy, mushy peas are better than they sound, and I need to learn the name of the hotel's kitty cat because yes, there is one, a delightfully fuzzy tabby with a velvety coat of fur and a surprisingly fluffy tail.
Edited to add: Walking all over Ennis achieved. I now know what a European goldfinch sounds like, I've found pear drops in a local candy shop because you can't get them in the States, and the opportunity was too good to pass up, and the kitty cat in residence is named O.G. for Old Ground, named after the hotel itself. The dandelions in Ireland are enormous. Now off to chase some DX while I have the chance.
I can now say I've had both fish and chips and hard cider in a pub in Ireland. I can also say that I've had orange marmalade (unless it was quince, but I don't think so, I definitely got sour citrus out of it) on toast as part of breakfast in our hotel. I appreciate Ireland's cobblestone sidewalks, Merlin will be getting a workout now that I've downloaded the relevant bird identification pack because ravens, wood pigeons, and European blackbirds ahoy, mushy peas are better than they sound, and I need to learn the name of the hotel's kitty cat because yes, there is one, a delightfully fuzzy tabby with a velvety coat of fur and a surprisingly fluffy tail.
Edited to add: Walking all over Ennis achieved. I now know what a European goldfinch sounds like, I've found pear drops in a local candy shop because you can't get them in the States, and the opportunity was too good to pass up, and the kitty cat in residence is named O.G. for Old Ground, named after the hotel itself. The dandelions in Ireland are enormous. Now off to chase some DX while I have the chance.
