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A distillery, and a pub crawl!

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Friday, 20-Sept-2024

It all started at the distillery. One of the best places for things to start.

I’d been building my social battery back up over the last few weeks, as orientation had given way to classes, and the MBA cohort had been there throughout. Friday evenings had become our de-facto pub evening, and interspersed with a few other social evenings in the week had seen my social stamina steadily increasing.

One of my classmates had been talking about doing a “full send” evening; we didn’t have any major assignments due on Monday, we’d been fairly tame during the week so far, and… it felt right. It felt like the kind of evening where one goes hard, hits a few adventures, and makes some solid memories. I was excited, ready to go, and still had no idea how fun it would end up being.

We started at Roe and Co distillery – a fairly new distillery with a fairly old name, with a fairly new take on the old tasting. They did a whiskey pairing – Some of their whiskeys, a chocolate, a jelly candy… it was a bit strange, a lot delicious, and absolutely worth it!

From Roe and Co, we headed off to meet the rest of the class – from pub to pub, from pint to pint, we adventured and explored Dublin!

I… I don’t really know what to write about, here. I mainly like the photos, and mainly then for the memories, but they’re not really my usual fare… so… I guess I’ll just post this one piece of cool art, keep the memories and tomfoolery to myself, and leave it similar to the hiking posts that I do?

Yeah. I like that plan.

In short – it was an excellent evening!


A quick walk around Bushy Park, in Dublin

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Saturday, 14-Sept-2024

While I really loved the hike out in Glendalough, it was a bit far outside of town… since I don’t have a car here in Ireland, I’d need to rent something, or get a bus, and… man, it’s just a lot of work. I was missing the park near my apartment back in Wilsonville, and needed a replacement.

Bushy Park was perfect – I can’t quite walk to it, but it was a nice and easy bike ride… which makes it kind of special, you know? It’s got a river running through, some ruins scattered around… and seriously. Just look at the lighting through those trees.

There was even a farmers market! Granted, it didn’t have any veggies or other produce, but… great grilled cheese, and a cool book vendor whose shop I absolutely adores exploring.

General views around Newmarket Yards – my new home in Dublin!

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September, 2024

I moved into Newmarket Yards in mid-August, after a rather frantic two weeks of apartment searching.  My various belongings arrived a week or so afterward, and an IKEA trip later saw me with a basically completely set up apartment.

Strangely, I didn’t put up any of my photos from Oregon… I still haven’t, as of when I wrote this post around the end of the year.  It doesn’t feel right, to me – This is a break from my past, and an opportunity to appreciate that past while moving on to my future.  I adore the photos I took, and the memories and awe they inspire, but it feels right to let them stay in storage, as memories of a past that I appreciate but have moved on from.

That’s a bit of a diversion from the point of the post, but it’s worth mentioning.  With that stewing in your minds, dear readers, please enjoy these snippets of life in my new apartment.