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Ireland: Day 9

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On the early road to Dublin
I held “Mo Thaisce’s” hand
Our hearts all thumping adventure
Exploring Dublin firsthand

First to the Book of Kells
That deep illumination
Four books in one so long ago
Proclaiming our salvation

The page today was opened
Last chapter by Luke’s hand
“And on the first day of the week”
He thwarted what evil planned

To Trinity College library
Ireland’s treasure store
The harp of Bryan Boru here
Declarations and still more

The voices of the ages
Combined in conversation
Juxtaposed in one long hall
Republic beyond a nation

Next to tower before tea
To swell with family pride
Welcomed well by Salesforce
With refreshments opened wide

Then tea, shopping, and Vikings
We conquered by dividing
All the sights, the sounds, and more
This city was providing

Ending at Temple Bar District
By dining at the Shack
Strong Irish viands here we found
Yet one more thing we lacked

We wandered only briefly
To sound of Trad music afar
At Gogarty’s, O’Connor invited us
To remember where we are

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Ireland: Day 3

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We slumbered longer than intended
Refreshed by each deep breath drawn
Beginning to stir to our wonder
When our bodies expected the dawn

We walked well-tread paths toward coffee
Some slow morning hours, we took
We sipped as we laughed over Uno
We perused both earrings and book

We wandered to ancient Aideen
A princess known less every year
Imagining how such a formation
May have been positioned right here

A stone which is called still a portal
Offering our own minds a tension
To wonder if somehow thin spaces
May offer glimpse of more dimension

The heartbeat of green pulses loudly
In visions of forests and glens
To pause over mosses and flowers
Giving thanks to Whom all it depends

We boarded a small ship in water
We rounded the Ireland eye
The puffins and million others
Watched as our group passed them by

We closed out the day at the tavern
By the Abbey of St. Mary’s name
Feasting on Ireland’s treasures
Remembering why here we came

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Ireland: Day 1

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Recently, our family was able to visit Ireland. We had flight credit left over from when flights were cancelled, and we lived in Hungary due to the global pandemic. Combine that with a brother who lives in Dublin for a few years, and it meant we really needed to go! (Free flights & free lodging = Yes, please!)

It was awesome (full stop). So much could be said, but I will summarize each day with a poem and a single picture. Here’s Day 1 (It gets better, promise)…

All packed for a family vacation
(Though down one, we missed while at camp)
Embarking to Emerald Island
Sending ourselves instead of a stamp

Reminded at every terminal
Of two centuries and a half
Examined and prodded with smiling critique
By well-mannered airport-ish staff

Very soon, the strong winged portal
Will whisk us to our destination
Like ancient magic, our family moves
With speed and yet still limitation

They say to us, “Buckle for safety”
When turbulent winds may appear
What do they think we’ve been doing
Each moment of our journey here?

Relinquishing all control fully
We go where we all will be taken
Landing on waking, in Dublin
Unless our pilot is mistaken