Indulging Ireland: updated

to clarify,

we were never actually kicked out of the museum- it's a joke of the class with Laure since we had finished out tour quite early on.

"Kissing Irishmen" is the cheek kissing sort of thing, an Irish tradition, and a tradition most places I have traveled throughout Europe and North Africa.

Each morning Hannah and I get up to go for walks and discuss the previous days adventure- usually about what we can write in our journals since with a full day we have so much to write about that it's rather difficult not to simply write a narrative of the days events.

here's an excerpt:

"Today, at the museum in Derry our tour director showed us the family tree of the kings from when Cromwell took the crown. Cromwell needs to take note of the Machiavellian ideals, and should have consulted the Prince. Ultimately allowing family lineage to continue led to his demise and ultimate humiliation. He should also have united his people against a common enemy, a lesson from Aristotle, and thus would be protected from rebellion and viewed as a more legitimate ruler."

Best!

Ashleen


PS. Yeats poems worth checking out:

Never Give All the Heart,

The Fish,

The Stolen Child

The Mermaid