Dublin!

hello hello from dublin!

anna and i arrived here almost 8 hours ago--which means our flight landed at 5am. there are many benefits to flying early: no customs lines; you get to see the city awake; and you can almost convince yourself that the reason you are so tired is because you "woke" up at 5am, which is an absurd time no matter who you are. we have spend most of the day walking around, having dropped off our bag and registered at our hostel, jacob's inn, which is only a block from the central bus stop. we bought breakfast supplies at the grocery store on our 7:00 to 8:00am stroll through our hostel's neighborhood and then searched for a park to rest in, eventually settingly on the college green at trinity college. after b'fast, we had some tea/hot cocca at a coffee shop, did some journal entries for a good while, and caught up on the sports news from the day before, mainly for me, who is rapidly reentering into my obsession with int'nat'l soccer (DEUTSCHLAND UEBER ALLES!). anna and i are hoping to find somewhere to watch the game tonight between holland and romania or italy and france--either way a good match. if romania wins, they advance, along with the netherlands. if they lose or draw, then france or italy has a chance. should be good stuff.

for those of you uninterested in soccer, dublin has plenty of other things to offer it. its a nice walking city and beautiful old buildings everywhere. having come from nyc, i confess it feels...small scale. but regardless, its a good breaking ground for the behemouth that is berlin, and we are able to get some logistical things done here, in english, that we might find very difficult in berlin or spain (like eurail reservations, figuring out how to use my international cell phone, etc. etc. etc.)

i miss home already, but it feels great to be here. its strange to think that i won't have a "home" from now until the end of august, but somehow that feels appropriate with ending of my bard home and figuring out where my next home will be. lots of x's and o's to all--let me know how you are doing as well.