April 05, 2003

trip prep

Well, Tyger has just
accomplished the near-impossible feat of making me feel good about the fact that I
shave my legs almost every other day. (Or at least, on any day in which there is a
possibility I will be seen in shorts of a skirt before the next shower.) Blame
Eastern European Jewish genes and the combination of dark hair and pale skin. I do
it in the shower; I use soap lather instead of shaving cream and it takes me
roughly a minute per leg. If they're especially dry afterward, I use moisturizing
lotion, which is currently Body Butter at home (two kinds, Nut and Mango, because
they were having a sale) and Lubriderm with sunscreen in the gym bag. The legs
have to be dragon-scaled before I bother moisturizing at the gym,
actually.

The major clothes are now packed for Ireland, which still
leaves shoes, PJs, toiletries, books, camera gear, and the carry-on stuff to be
packed between now and Thursday. We're still figuring out our driving itinerary,
but some of that will be decided on the road depending how long everything takes.
I'm thinking we can see most of the sights outside Dublin we care most about, from
Waterford to the Burren to the Giant's Causeway, but skipping the Ring of Kerry,
in five days. This might be overambitious but plans will be changed as occasions
warrant.

My can't-go-home-without-seeing list includes the Guinness
Brewery, the Book of Kells and the Harp of Tara, a castle or two and a stone
circle and stone cross or three. There are quite a few of each of the three to
choose from, but the Rock of Cashel, Castle Matrix, and the Drombeg Stone circle
for preference. There's also a lot of stuff I suspect is less interesting to look
at than its history and the stories about it suggest, like Armagh (Ard Macha, the
hill of Macha) and the Hill of Tara, whence Brian Boru ruled.

Suggestions welcome.

Posted by dichroic at April 5, 2003 06:22 PM
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