lovely irish people

went to dublin last weekend. visited enrica who's getting her way through the city. and the english language. and the irish people. looks like she found her own dimension...
not entirely true, actually, but still thought it was a cute caption! was a nice weekend anyway. lovely. great weather. kind of cold, but no rain at all. at all. left heidelberg with neverending rain. jacket, cap, clothes and shoes soaking wet. ok, i like to take the risk of biking around, even during the night, no matter the rain. but still, heidelberg is damn rainy. was raining when i came back too. and ireland, i mean, ireland! well, not a drop. which was cool because we could walk around all over the place. well not actually. we're weird people, so all over means weird neighbourhoods, the harbour, and such stuff. which is cool for us :)
aha, and i managed to see the sea again! we went to sandycove, this small village in the dublin bay, and the sight of the sea and its smell... just lovely! next time i'll have to pick up a city close to the sea, not just in the middle of nowhe... in the middle of the continent! sgrunt, if you want to see the sea from here you have to drive at least for 10 hrs. any direction. no way.
and in the sea, these lovely irish people having a swim at 11 o'clock! astonishing! was damn freezing! and there they were, having a swim, which apparently they do every morning... crazy! and they were so lovely and invited us to have tea and cake with them because one of the ladies had birthday!
yes i know it's kind of normal, but not that much here around... you really start missing some normal attitudes, then when you find them it looks like exceptional! though it's not!