on the eve of the new year - well, in australia at least, we still have an hour of the 30th to go here in dubbers - here i am perched at conor's breakfast bar, updating the blog. we are spending the night here after a day trip to newgrange. it was amazing. just looking at a structure like that, imagining how it was built and how they managed to get all that stone across from 80 miles away, looking at the design and thinking it looks like something that could have come out of an architect's office last week... it's just amazing, it's also so green and lush here, it just takes your breath away, so does the cold wind when you're standing atop a hill gaping at the surroundings, but it's well well worth it.
i have uploaded more pictures, shots from amsterdam and venice, christmas day and general dublin ramblings so far. tomorrow, new years eve, we are planning to go to a rugby match (leinster versus ulster if anyone's interested), then will most likely go to a pub in dalkey for drinks after. dalkey and killiney are towns next to each other, and bono and enya live in killiney apparently, so you never know who we might bump into down the bar... yeah right!
have been losing my voice for the last week but it's hanging in there - we'll take it hour by hour at this stage, because if i get vocal at the ruggers... typing will be my only form of communication!
have a wonderful and safe new years eve everyone, and don't worry about the resolutions - it's all in the doing, not in the saying-you'll-be-doing. have a great night and don;t forget the beroccas!
xox