The rest of the weekend was uneventful, even downright boring. I’m not complaining, though. The big event in Ireland was the Saturday night Gaelic football semi-final match. Dublin lost to County Mayo, which apparently is a big deal. The other semi-final match has been delayed due to COVID-19 issues. Maybe I’ll watch the final?
Today I started my third week in the new job at UCD. The onboarding is still slow going, although the work is picking up. In addition to getting up to speed myself, we have two temporary staff members who need to be trained as well. In the meantime, I’m just trying to keep them busy as best I can.
After work, I set out for a walk down to the Portobello area along the street with many names: South Great George’s, Aungier, Redmond’s Hill, Wexford, Camden, Richmond. The neighborhood is a mix of vintage pubs, new hipster places and old derelict buildings. I turned back home at the Grand Canal, which was just enough to get me over 5,000 steps round trip. The skies have been grey today, with some sprinkles of rain, but not too bad. Being a Monday night, it was relatively quiet although there were still some people out at the many pubs and restaurants.
Views of Portobello
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Until next time….
