The weather is warming up slowly but surely, although the last couple of days it’s gotten down to freezing at night, with a typical scattering of showers but no heavy downpours. Daylight savings time went into effect last weekend, resulting in evenings that are noticeably much longer. Dame Street at 7:09pm It’s been a busy week — wrapping up my old job at UCD and preparing for my...
I arrived back to Dublin today after 10 days in the U.S. During my travels, I decided to take a break from the blog, which, after all, is more about my life in Ireland than travels to other places. The trip went very well. I got to see pretty much everyone I wanted to see, and I managed to reduce the amount of things I have in storage down to a fourth of what it was before. My time was evenly...
Tomorrow I’m returning to the U.S. for the first time since moving to Ireland in October 2020. I’ll be flying nonstop from Dublin to San Francisco on Aer Lingus, an 11 hour flight. This will be a short post, as I’ve been busy packing, planning, and wrapping up work before heading out tomorrow. I did my COVID-19 test earlier today (it was negative thank goodness). There are signs...