Saturday has arrived...week of doing nothing except getting back from the trip and a bit of straightening up, Kelly doing laundry, me...I pulled some weeds that had grown 4 feet in the last 3 weeks amid intermittent rains, cooked some meals and rearranged the refrigerator twice (don't ask).
I've spent many hours loading the Irish photos into my shiny new Ireland Dropbox folder and picking ones that I particularly thought were applicable and scenic and all the rest of the reasons people look at pictures. I think I have about 150 in the folder now and there are more to come. I took OVER 2000 photos with my formerly (I'll get to that in a few minutes) TRUSTY Nikon S10 Coolpix camera. That was roughly 1000 photos per day! I drove most of the days and we were in several different locations on the same day so they are, of course, not exactly organized in the most desirable way (you'd have to consult my daughter Audrey about that organizing business). They are colorful, scenic, shocking (Belfast!) and striking at times.
I was really "taken" by the Irish good humor and friendliness we experienced no matter where we were. Warm greetings, good cheer and a busy, busy atmosphere no matter what town or city we were in. Seemed pretty productive to us. Yes there were closed stores here and there, little shops belonging to real people and that had closed the doors maybe forever, maybe just to move. But there were lots of shops open doing a lively trade everywhere we went, the Celtic Tiger may not be roaring but it's not dead yet either. We heard that everything was "so expensive"...well for an American coming to Europe for the 1st time it might seem so...but in light of our years in France and other European countries it is not much different with the exception of gasoline and diesel fuel which was about 5-10 Euro cents more expensive per liter. Made for 2 fillups near 100 USD, familiar territory with the price in France. Worth every nickle to get to see and experience these fine people and their beautiful, verdant country. Here's the link to all the one's I've chosen out of the thousands so far...more to come too!
My Ireland Dropbox <---- click here! Actually There.
I've spent many hours loading the Irish photos into my shiny new Ireland Dropbox folder and picking ones that I particularly thought were applicable and scenic and all the rest of the reasons people look at pictures. I think I have about 150 in the folder now and there are more to come. I took OVER 2000 photos with my formerly (I'll get to that in a few minutes) TRUSTY Nikon S10 Coolpix camera. That was roughly 1000 photos per day! I drove most of the days and we were in several different locations on the same day so they are, of course, not exactly organized in the most desirable way (you'd have to consult my daughter Audrey about that organizing business). They are colorful, scenic, shocking (Belfast!) and striking at times.
I was really "taken" by the Irish good humor and friendliness we experienced no matter where we were. Warm greetings, good cheer and a busy, busy atmosphere no matter what town or city we were in. Seemed pretty productive to us. Yes there were closed stores here and there, little shops belonging to real people and that had closed the doors maybe forever, maybe just to move. But there were lots of shops open doing a lively trade everywhere we went, the Celtic Tiger may not be roaring but it's not dead yet either. We heard that everything was "so expensive"...well for an American coming to Europe for the 1st time it might seem so...but in light of our years in France and other European countries it is not much different with the exception of gasoline and diesel fuel which was about 5-10 Euro cents more expensive per liter. Made for 2 fillups near 100 USD, familiar territory with the price in France. Worth every nickle to get to see and experience these fine people and their beautiful, verdant country. Here's the link to all the one's I've chosen out of the thousands so far...more to come too!
My Ireland Dropbox <---- click here! Actually There.
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