One or two or three of you know I am in the process of planning a trip the the u s of a in May/June. Now the planned cities are Washington D C and Philadelphia-not necessarily in that order .
Now to say that I can be contrary is an understatement. In fact in the dictionary the definition of this word is Gerard Carton.
Much that this will be a big adventure I am going out of my way to find an excuse out of this. The only one that makes any sense is that I don’t like the idea of being airborne for that long a time. In saying that, on my holiday last year I bussed it from Derry to Cork.Admittedly there was a 2 hour gap in Galway-and someone who flew from America that morning arrived in Cork an hour or two before me.But the bus is different-it is one the ground and I can see the scenery changing. One of the silly excuses is that my brother needs a loan to buy a car-now if I lent him the money that would mean I could not really afford the holiday-well actually I could,but I would convince myself that I couldn’t. Another reason is that a woman at work said that I was brave doing such a journey on my own, and not that is playing on my mind.Another is that if I can’t fly from Shannon instead of Dublin I’m not going.But I AM visiting travel agents to see what i can get and on saturday i will have a serious long chat will local travel agent.
Now to be honest I would much rather be hiking/cycling in Ireland.And I actually can afford the usa trip and do at least one cyling trip in the Burren (where I want to hike as well)
So someone please convince why I should go to amerrykay ? Another woman at work is egging me on to do the trip with the “you’ll be dead a long time” reason. And another woman who does not usually appreciate my warped humour laughed and gave me a “y’know you’re the sort of person who would do that” look when I told my scheme if I get a day in new york.
Remember the famous connie who’s picture I put up on another blog? I googled her shop –so I know the address. I was going to stand outside the shop –wait until she turns to look out the window –I would wait 2 seconds and then I would turn and walk away. Now that would really freak her out-serves her right for stealing my heart.
So like I said I would be much happier cycling/hiking in Ireland drinking ales that I like,munching crips that I love and hearing music that I adore, and ( well most of the time) cycling on the left side of the road.
So would somebody please convince me why I should go to America? please?
Selfishly, I think you should come. What a grand adventure you could have! You can go to Ireland any time, and you'll still be able to go there this summer. Why not get outside your comfort zone and see where it takes you? My guess is, if the long flight is your big excuse, there's something else that's really making you uneasy/holding you back, since flight time is trivial if you really want to go somewhere.
ReplyDeleteBUT if you're going to come and just be crabby the whole time b/c it's not Ireland, then it's probably best to just stay home. America will still be here next year.