On the Saturday morning I got up for a solo breakfast at the hotel. Then we packed up and headed back out to the airport to pick up a car, and drove South to the Granary Cottage a few miles out of New Ross in County Wexford.
I enjoyed our time in Dublin. The city felt strangely familiar. It reminded me a lot of various Scottish cities, particularly Perth (but scaled up) and Glasgow. The familiarity was a sense that I knew where every everything was going to be before I saw it. Like, “I’m sure there will be a supermarket if we turn right here.” A feeling that all the historical buildings were just in the right place, and all of the pubs could not have belonged anywhere else. It was curious, and very pleasant.
I also found Dublin an extraordinarily friendly city. Just about every interaction we had was framed with a smile. Perhaps it was being on holiday that made me see everything in a positive light. The overall effect was to give me a very positive feeling about the place, and a desire to go back and spend more time there.
