The weather today is raining and gloomy, a fitting backdrop for the mood of Ireland at the moment. There were a record of new COVID-19 cases over the weekend. On both Saturday and Sunday, there were +1,250 daily cases, which is significantly above the previous record of around 1,000 daily cases that Ireland experienced at the height of the first wave in April. Last night into...
Afternoon at the National Botanical Gardens
Today’s adventure is an outing to the National Botanical Gardens, located in the burrough of Glasnevin located on the northside of Dublin about a 30 minute bus ride from Temple Bar. I was invited by a new friend I met online, whom I’ll refer to as A. He lives very close to the gardens and suggested we meet there. The weather today is slightly warmer, close to 60 F, but no rain. I...
Let’s do brunch! (while we still can)
Today I take my friend J out for a belated birthday brunch. His actual birthday was the day after I arrived to Dublin, when I was still in self-quarantine, and this was the first time we’ve been able to hang out. He’s open to most anything, so we take a look around at a few places just on the other side of the Liffey, but it looks like they all have long waits given the high demand...