Tag Archives: Ireland

May14

A Dublin street faire, and some glorious tacos!

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Sunday, 21-Sept-2025


One of the many nice little things we got from the adventure to Scotland? Restaurant recommendations for Dublin! Mexican restaurant recommendations!

Really, just one. And I’ll be honest – definitely wasn’t on my bingo card for things we’d pick up in Glasgow.


But let me tell you, this was a solid recommendation. The Sunday we got back, we didn’t have plans… so I took the bike for a bit of an adventure, and tried the spot out. And if anyone in Dublin happens to be looking for good Mexican food, I can now heartily recommend El Grito, up on the North Side.

Ohh, there was a street faire too. That was cool.


May2

Hiking Howth

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Friday, 12-Sept-2025

My friends Bri and Jake came to visit!

The timing was amazing – They’d actually arrived while we were in Bulgaria, and had originally planned on leaving the day before we got back… but, with many thanks to their flexibility, were able to reorganize some flights to stay an extra few days, so we could catch up and spend some time together!

What better way than via a simple, but lovely, hike out to Howth? A nice train ride to chat, some good views and ocean-side hiking, and then food (and beautiful birds!) afterward?

Yeah. It was a really nice day out, and a very welcome callback to my lovely time in Oregon.