A short trip to Ireland...
I'm leaving in a few hours to go for a short trip to Ireland. Its been awhile since I've been out of the country and I'm anxious to get away and see something different. I went to St. Patrick's day in South Boston this year with some proud Irish-American folks and curious to see the contrast between those in the mother land. Its supposed to rain most of the time as expected but I'm hoping for at least a few hours of sunlight while I'm there, however, I don't mind the rain. I'm most looking forward to seeing what I've heard is beautiful country. I plan on taking many photos of cliffs, trees, rocks, water and buildings. Maybe some people as well.
I enjoy reading something pertaining to the trip just before I go. When I went to England I read Oscar Wilde, when I went to Spain I read The Sun Also Rises. I decided to read some William Butler Yeats poems on the way there. I was going to go to the bookstore and find a book but I checked amazon and realized I could read the kindle books on my iphone. I found a large collections of W B Yeats works for $9, we'll see if its worth it. I did also find a drawing book on there that seems pretty good so far for 0.99.
I've also been starting to learn French lately so for some reason I'm thinking of the The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and wondering how the Irish/French connection came about there.
Everything is packed and ready to go, even got the tripod in the suitcase. Hopefully its not over the weight limit. I just got a replacement battery so my black macbook so I'm bringing it along, hopefully I can get a chance to write some updates here while I'm away.