Ireland

I've got a little downtime so time for an update. But first, the comment section isn't working for me on Robyn's post but I was going to say podcasts are good at passing time, they cover any subject you could imagine, you might like "How stuff works." It's two dudes covering various topics with humor and information, pretty entertaining.

I'm currently in Glendalough, pronounced Glendaloch, Ireland about an hour and a half south of Dublin. Its very quaint and peaceful. It was founded as a small village in the 6th century by a guy named St Kevin. He built a house, he walked around, he probably talked to animals. It grew a little bit, but not much, I'd guess the population is still pretty low. The kind of place where sheep outnumber people. But it's nice. There's a lot of hiking trails, a few waterfalls, creeks, rivers and lakes. Very pretty, great photo opportunities. Yesterday I visited the cliffs of Moher which was pretty freaking cool. Massive cliffs rising out of the Atlantic, I'll post pics but they don't do justice to the scale. Then the tour went up the west coast of Ireland into Galway. I liked Galway, it reminded me a little of Seattle in that it's right on the water and has a big fishing and tech economy. I'm headed back to Dublin tomorrow where I've got a tour of the Guinness factory, a trip to the book of Kells and Trinity college, maybe a stop at Epic Ireland which is a newer place designed to help people trace their roots. Everyone from the passport guy to the tour guide has commented on my last name, so Epic Ireland sounds like an interesting stop. After that it's back to London for a day and a half to catch my flight out of Heathrow back to Seattle. It's been a lot of fun, but it's probably almost time to get back to work, maybe, I guess.