It’s beautiful and humble. I spent a couple days at a Buddhist center, thinking I’d get some sort of concentration or mental clarity; can’t say for sure that I came away with either of those, but I had a relaxing couple of days. Nice folks.

Then I spent a little over a day in Dublin. Like Wellington, NZ, it’s compact and walkable, doesn’t have a ton of huge attractions, but has a lot of great places to drink liquid drugs. (infrequent readers of this blog: I mean coffee and beer.) It feels like it’s really trying to redevelop itself as both a friendly place to visit and a new techy city. I mean this in a good way; to my eyes, as a humble visitor, it’s working.

A real live panopticon!

Howth cliffs, nearby.

More photos here!

Comments:

Mr. T. - May 5, 2013

The prisoners had already escaped in the panopticon. Not sure if you noticed. Like the sheep. Ireland is pretty cool–did you try hurling after your liquid, er, drinks?
Finally, I have been denied access to your additional photos. I should like to speak to the manager.

Dan - May 5, 2013

Whoop. Photos link fixed. (here: https://plus.google.com/photos/108719866995342479409/albums/5878652460019630001?authkey=CKLJq_nHiKLR4QE )