Getting Ready To Get Ready
Mood:  caffeinated


Jan 29, 2004
Got home late tonight after a night out with friends, Ted and Cary. It's 1:30am and, strangely, I'm not sleepy (could be that cup of coffee I had at midnight). Anyway, thought I would get started on my new TRAVEL BLOG. Yeah, that's right. My college buddy and dear friend Lonnie and I are off to Ireland for a week's adventure on February 4th. That's only a week away and the excitement is starting to build.




It's been a while since we took a trip together (although Lonnie has asked me at least twice or three times a year to join him here or there)...since 1966. That's, ahem, 38 years ago! Can that possibly be? That year we drove a car cross country to San Francisco. We camped out the entire way.

No camping this time. We take off Wednesday night from JFK and land in Dublin on the 5th and check into the Chief O'Neill's Hotel for three nights. The place sounds pretty cool and the motif is Irish traditional music. Cool. Check it out: Chief O'Neill's Hotel

Then we plan to rent a car and head to the hinterlands to see some small Irish villages, some castles, some pubs and whatever else meets our fancy.

Incidentally, in case you were wondering, at this time of year temps in Ireland run in the high 40's to lower 50's and it's W E T. Bought a new Gore-Tex shell which I hope will keep me and my camera dry. Dublin weather

Looking forward to this trip with my old friend Lonnie. Gotta start to pack. See you soon.

Oh, by the way. If you want you can write me at bicyclist@bigfoot.com or Lonnie at lonnieschlein@yahoo.com or scroll down to the bottom and leave us a comment.

-Matt


Lonnie and me, travelling again. First time since 1966!!


What we looked like in 1966!