Ireland Highlights

I got back from Ireland last night, and didn't blog because hello? The White Rapper Show was on. Are you watching? Because seriously, you should be. So anyway, here were my favorite parts of the trip, and I apologize in advance for the lack of drunken debauchery. There just wasn't any. I'm getting boring in my old age.

- Kilmainham Gaol, an old prison where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held and executed, was amazing. It was interesting from a visual perspective, and the stories were just unbelievable. As our tour guide told us, "If some of the stories you heard here were included in works of fiction, no one would believe them."

- The Guinness Factory: My, was it ever flashy! I didn't expect that. It was good fun, although I got really, really lost on the way there and it took me forever to find the actual entrance when I arrived.

- The Brazen Head Pub: Ireland's oldest pub. I had a nice plate of fish and chips there, washed down with a couple of pints. I know that, technically, I'm expected to drink half-pints because I'm a woman, but fuck that, I say.

- The library at Trinity College: I could have stayed in the Long Room all day. Absolutely gorgeous, with the high ceilings, the marble busts, and the smell of old books. It was perfect.

- Kyde's christening. Being a Godmother is cool, even if your goddaughter barfs all over you on occasion.

- Time with Julie. It's rough not seeing your best friend for seven months. We got to go out one night and leave the baby at home with her father and have some Very Serious Talks and also a lot of laughs, which was awesome.

There were many other awesome things about the trip, but those were the top level things that I had to mention. I also owe a lot of people sloppy kisses for their touristy suggestions -- I'll get to that tout de suite. And on one final note, why can I never remember that bacon in Europe is not the same as bacon here? I've had a little R&R, and will now resume blogging at my usual frenzied pace, and by frenzied I mean at least once a day unless I don't get to it.