Thursday 08/07/2025 – Vancouver, BC

• 4:30pm flight YVR -> YYC -> DUB

Friday 08/08/2025 – Dublin

• arrive at Dublin Airport in the morning
• take cab to Airbnb, drop off luggage
• get coffee @ The Little Cactus
• walk down through Smithfield, across River Liffey and into Usher’s Quay
• walk west on Thomas Street, then wander south on Meath Street
• eat lunch @ SPACE JARU, then browse @ Marrowbone Books and chat with the worker about authors
• walk east on The Coombe, then into St. Patrick’s Park where we lay for a few minutes on the tidily mown grass like others were already doing
• walk east on Golden Lane and Stephen Street until Grafton Street, which was thronging with pedestrians
• watch a man in his thirties tap dance on a square of plywood to the music played by his two peers on guitar and recorder
• pop into St. Stephen’s Green for a few minutes, then out and up Dawson Street for caffeinated drinks @ Coffeeangel on the sidewalk patio
• walk up into Fellows’ Square in Trinity College to lounge on grass some more, then walk around the perimeter of the pristine College Park cricketground
• came out onto Leinster Street and popped into the National Gallery of Ireland for a look round
• browsed the gift shop and one of the gallery rooms before being ushered out for closing at 5:30pm
• went off on a mini treasure hunt for a Leap card and after we finally got one we took the bus back to Stoneybatter
• dinner @ All Bar Chicken
• walk back to Airbnb to shower and unwind

Saturday 08/09/2025 – Dublin

• tour @ Kilmainham Gaol Museum, former prison in which the UK Government held and executed Irish revolutionaries a hundred years ago

Sunday 08/10/2025 – Dublin -> Galway

• pick up car rental @ Dublin Airport in the afternoon
• drive to Galway

Monday 08/11/2025 – Galway

Tuesday 08/12/2025 – Galway -> Doolin

Wednesday 08/13/2025 – Doolin -> Dingle

Thursday 08/14/2025 – Dingle

• meet with my friends K and C who I befriended in Berlin during my post-graduation travels in the summer of 2019

Friday 08/15/2025 – Dingle -> Cork -> Bristol

• drive to Cork Airport and return rental car
• take evening flight to Bristol to begin our
  trip to England

  trip to England

  Aug 7 2025  (mod. Aug 8 2025)

  #journal #travel — Mentioned in trip to Ireland

  Z and I are vacationing in England for ten days!

  Friday 08/15/2025 – Bristol

  • arrive in Bristol by air in the evening

  Saturday 08/16/2025 – Bristol

  Before we settled on Bristol, Z and I considered visiting Liverpool. When I noticed that Wrexham was nearby, I fancied a day trip down to see them play their first ever(?) Championship match at the Racecourse, or at least to grab a pint at The Turf and meet Wayne, the charming bar owner and Wrexham A.F.C. devotee. I just realized he reminds me of Karl Pilkington. Agh, I’m almost regretting not pursuing this plan. Commute from Bristol to Wrexham would be long and I can’t imagine tickets would be cheap to get, if any were available at all. I suppose it might still be worth it if I can watch the game at The Turf. We’ll see. Z won’t be thrilled with the idea, but the 16th is my birthday and for it she’ll do whatever possible to make me happy. I’m a lucky guy.

  Sunday 08/17/2025 – Bristol

  Monday 08/18/2025 – Bristol

  Tuesday 08/19/2025 – Bristol -> London

  • train to London, then commute to Z’s friend L’s apartment in East Ham

  Wednesday 08/20/2025 – London

  • see Hadestown with Z’s friend L

  Thursday 08/21/2025 – London

  Friday 08/22/2025 – London

  Saturday 08/23/2025 – London

  • attend Arsenal vs Leeds @ The Emirates, the first home match of the new English Premier League season and my first ever Arsenal match!

  Sunday 08/24/2025 – London

  Monday 08/25/2025 – London

  Tuesday 08/26/2025 – London -> Vancouver

  Which will conclude the first ten days Z and I have spent in England!

  !