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Rainboots to Wellies: November 2011

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Sunday, November 6, 2011. Moving on.(or back in time) to Galway. So now that we've established that life doesn't always turn out the way we planned, I'm more than ready to move on. Back in October, I spent five wonderful days in Ireland, and I really want to continue writing about my journeys there. In my last post on my trip, I wrote about Galway, the city about 2.5 hours west from Dublin that looks out onto the Atlantic ocean. Back in his hometown after 14 months:. Iain on Shop Street,. Bakery and ate ...

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Rainboots to Wellies: When life gives you lemons, make sangria

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Friday, November 4, 2011. When life gives you lemons, make sangria. Update from the Andalucia region in Southern Spain:. First of all, Spain is INCREDIBLE. Beautiful weather, mouthwatering tapas, the best mojitos and sangria I have ever tasted (especially the local Seville version of sangria, tinto de verrano. Stunning Moorish architecture, and scenery that literally just makes your jaw drop. So, my whole "pack up and explore Spain with two random guys" thing has actually turned out brilliantly. Its not ...

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Rainboots to Wellies: Craic and another Canadian Thanksgiving abroad

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Craic and another Canadian Thanksgiving abroad. If you're going to know one Irish word to impress people on St. Patrick's Day (beyond the standard "Erin go bragh", Ireland forever), make it craic. We thought it should say "Not Italian but still GRAND! And our wine (yes, that is wine in a box, which we carried not-so- proudly down Grafton Street, but quantity over quality was our main objective):. Craving (an incredibly delicious Russian cheese that I became obsessed with last...

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Rainboots to Wellies: Open House Dublin

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Sunday, October 16, 2011. Have you ever walked past a building in your city that you maybe walk past every day, or a few times a week, without ever giving it a thought, and suddenly you seem to notice it for the first time? You wonder what actually goes on in there, what that building's story. The event seemed to be very popular and I thought it was a really great way to learn more about our own past as a city. As you can see, it was very windy! In a bit of a sad ending to this building, Liberty Hall is ...

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Rainboots to Wellies: Moving on...(or back in time) to Galway

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Sunday, November 6, 2011. Moving on.(or back in time) to Galway. So now that we've established that life doesn't always turn out the way we planned, I'm more than ready to move on. Back in October, I spent five wonderful days in Ireland, and I really want to continue writing about my journeys there. In my last post on my trip, I wrote about Galway, the city about 2.5 hours west from Dublin that looks out onto the Atlantic ocean. Back in his hometown after 14 months:. Iain on Shop Street,. Bakery and ate ...

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Rainboots to Wellies: Galway: an introduction sponsored by McDonalds

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Galway: an introduction sponsored by McDonalds. Whatever. Who won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham again? Yeah, that's what I thought. I slept in four layers of clothing that night, and the next day went out to Penney's to buy a couple 5 euro long-sleeve shirts for extra layering. Brrrrrr! Iain disparagingly snorted when I made the connection between High Streets in England and Shop Street in Galway. "High Street sounds so British! My internet time has just about expired (...

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Rainboots to Wellies: Ireland: so much more than just "grand"

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Friday, October 14, 2011. Ireland: so much more than just "grand". S, the answer was always, "I'm grand.". What does all this 'grand' stuff mean? I asked my friend Iain after a few hours in Dublin and about seventy "grand"s from him, his three friends we met up with, and various passersby on the streets. "Magnificent, wonderful, imposing? He burst out laughing. "It just means 'better than s* *.". It doesn't get much better than this, huh? But don't think for one minute that Ireland is JUST "grand". I...

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Rainboots to Wellies: October 2011

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Galway: an introduction sponsored by McDonalds. Whatever. Who won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham again? Yeah, that's what I thought. I slept in four layers of clothing that night, and the next day went out to Penney's to buy a couple 5 euro long-sleeve shirts for extra layering. Brrrrrr! Iain disparagingly snorted when I made the connection between High Streets in England and Shop Street in Galway. "High Street sounds so British! My internet time has just about expired (...

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Rainboots to Wellies: September 2011

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Friday, September 30, 2011. Fish n' Chips and the Grand Pier. We went to the Worle Fish House to pick up our "takeaways" - aka, for my non-British readers, takeout. I got the traditional battered fish and chips while Ian and Liz opted for battered sausage and chips. The meals were wrapped up in brown paper (with the requisite grease stains seeping through - fish n' chips are definitely a guilty pleasure! Today, after dropping Wills and James off at school, Liz, Baby B and I drove into Weston-Super-Mare, ...