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POSTING  #1 - JUNE 22


Hi, Everyone -- Bear (or is it bare?) with me, please, as I try to figure out this Blogging thing. Where are all the teenagers when you need one? If any of you have suggestions for how to make this better (assuming it's gonna work at all), I am open to hearing them.


I'm gonna make this short, to see if it's working. Tonight is my last night in Dublin -- tomorrow I'm off to France, beginning with a week in Marseille. I had written a first post, fascinating reading, I'm sure -- but it got lost. If it ever shows up again, I'll share it with you. But for now, it's out there somewhere in the clouds. 


Here are a couple of photos (maybe, if this works) -- the first two are my home here in Dublin -- above O'Neill's Pub. I was handed a pint of Guinness with my key when I checked in! 

I think I'm a wee bit Irelanded out. I've had numerous versions of fish'n'chips, but today, Desperately Seeking Normal, I opted for The Best Cheeseburger in Dublin, or so it was advertised. It WAS great! And instead of a Guinness, I washed the burger down with red wine. And it was cool that instead of Irish music, this joint was playing Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone. but one glance at the TV, and I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore. A bunch of guys, all dressed in white, were trying to hit a rubber ball with a very flat bat - India vs. the West Indies and the score was 4.3 overs, 20 runs, and 2 wickets! Strangely enough, every one of the pitches bounced BEFORE it even got to the batter, and when he did hit it, everybody kind of ran around in circles because the ball never really did go that far. The score went to 5.5 overs with 31 runs but still two wickets and then Harbhajan Singh was up and everybody got pretty excited (or not). He missed the first one but the second one was good. 


Second glass of wine and the score is 137 to 6 and the run rate is 4.03 per over. They're saying India was 69-4 at lunch. Okay, if they've been playing since lunch, I'm outa here! But first, I'm having a Nutty Irishman for dessert (Baileys and Frangelica). 


I miss you all!


Cheers!

Gayle