Another month gone, another country crossed off the list! I promised myself that by the time I move to Belgium in September I will visit the UK, a little bit of every part of it. However, I still have to do Wales and being so strapped for time I think I might squeeeze it in for August.
I am in Dublin, lovely city, waiting on my flight back to my English home, Oxford, this becomes a habit, to write from airports, watching the sunset turn into darkness and the filling the city skyline with lights that remind me of the life that flows through all these beautiful capitals, of the people I met and the kindness I encountered!
Dublin has taken my breath away and after Edinburgh, it is a city in which I want to live in, don't know when, don't know how, but I definitely want to give it a go. I was talking to my Irish friend, that convinced me to visit, that we would love to retire here, live in a coastal house, next to the beach, have two dogs and a cat, and all sorts of silly dreams that we might never accomplish.
We visited the National Gallery, the Guiness factory and St Stephen's Garden, walked down Graffton street on our way to our picnic, basking in the sun, and had a lovely time in general, as the weather stayed on our side, sunny and warm all week. We walked down the Liffey, took the Luas (Lewis- as it is pronnounced and left me wondering who is Lewis, when Jacob was talking to his granny, who took us for a fancy lunch at the Gresham, that was exquisite), and also enjoyed the night life in The Temple Bar, as well as surrounding Irish music playing pubs in the vecinity.
I loved Ireland, everyone was so joyful and friendly, even had a 10 minute conversation with the bus driver at the airport before we got on, which left me loving Dublin from the moment we touched down. As I travel more, I discover that preconceptions do not have any space in my mind anymore, I simply test the theory that a bit of common sense and smiley face will do wonders and it has not faulted me to date.
Next on is home, for 2 weeks, after I have my final exam, and then back to London to travel to Zambia, where I will spend my summer, in Lusaka, thanks to Rotary. After that home again, for some downtime and my uncle's anniversary and then off to Bruxelles I go, to face a brave new world!
Hopefully, I will have more time to write down about my travels, but if not, airports will always serve as a reminder and in a couple of years from now, when I will finish university, I might even make it into a book, I don't study publishing for nothing, after all!
Until next time, push through! ;)
I am in Dublin, lovely city, waiting on my flight back to my English home, Oxford, this becomes a habit, to write from airports, watching the sunset turn into darkness and the filling the city skyline with lights that remind me of the life that flows through all these beautiful capitals, of the people I met and the kindness I encountered!
Dublin has taken my breath away and after Edinburgh, it is a city in which I want to live in, don't know when, don't know how, but I definitely want to give it a go. I was talking to my Irish friend, that convinced me to visit, that we would love to retire here, live in a coastal house, next to the beach, have two dogs and a cat, and all sorts of silly dreams that we might never accomplish.
We visited the National Gallery, the Guiness factory and St Stephen's Garden, walked down Graffton street on our way to our picnic, basking in the sun, and had a lovely time in general, as the weather stayed on our side, sunny and warm all week. We walked down the Liffey, took the Luas (Lewis- as it is pronnounced and left me wondering who is Lewis, when Jacob was talking to his granny, who took us for a fancy lunch at the Gresham, that was exquisite), and also enjoyed the night life in The Temple Bar, as well as surrounding Irish music playing pubs in the vecinity.
I loved Ireland, everyone was so joyful and friendly, even had a 10 minute conversation with the bus driver at the airport before we got on, which left me loving Dublin from the moment we touched down. As I travel more, I discover that preconceptions do not have any space in my mind anymore, I simply test the theory that a bit of common sense and smiley face will do wonders and it has not faulted me to date.
Next on is home, for 2 weeks, after I have my final exam, and then back to London to travel to Zambia, where I will spend my summer, in Lusaka, thanks to Rotary. After that home again, for some downtime and my uncle's anniversary and then off to Bruxelles I go, to face a brave new world!
Hopefully, I will have more time to write down about my travels, but if not, airports will always serve as a reminder and in a couple of years from now, when I will finish university, I might even make it into a book, I don't study publishing for nothing, after all!
Until next time, push through! ;)