Spent Thursday through Monday in Dublin...My second trip to Ireland this year, my third total...I have to say I love the Emerald Isle...I can't quite put my finger on what makes it different from other places that I have traveled, but I love going there...There is just something about it...I like the pace and the atmosphere...and the people are great...We did a musical pub crawl, which I did not expect to enjoy at all, but was a ton of fun...We didn't really do all that much while there since most of us had been there before...but we did do some shopping and we met the most random people...We did do an organized tour down to Wicklow...which was eh...the people on the tour were nice and it was an eclectic mix, but I am not much for scenery and our tour guide talked the whole time...I appreciate that is his job, but seriously...it is amazing he has any voice left...And I am all for random stories...especially those told in an Irish brogue...Anyhow, ended up getting a permanent souvenir...a little shamrock tattoo...a friend of mine got one too...we had wanted to get them when we went to Dublin for St. Patrick's but couldn't find an open shop...so we got them this time...not sure how I feel about it....but randomly, the tattoo artist liked it so much he decided to give himself one too...

Random Thought of the Day: Spent most of April and May basking in the sunshine...it is now almost July and it is in the low 60s...Sometimes I hate the weather here....