I am finally posting the remaining photos from my journey in Europe in June of 2018. Previously I shared photos of a half-day in Dublin, Ireland, en route to a day in Brussels, Belgium, several days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a night in Hamburg, Germany, and two weeks in Berlin visiting my sister, brother-in-law and nephew, whom I met for the first time. My flight home involved a night staying in Dublin, where I enjoyed live traditional Irish music at my hotel, Temple Bar.
As I am now living in "Papa" Michael Sullivan's cabin which he built in the North Country, roughly a hundred years after his ancestors escaped the starvation of the potato famine in Cork County, Ireland, I figure now is a good time to share.
The conclusion in Dublin was extra meaningful to me because the first time I did a multi-nation journey, in 2010, I began in India and unexpectedly wound up--ten countries and seven months later-- in Ireland. That time I had a week to explore, and checked out Cork and the Ring of Kerry. However, back then I was on a multi-year hiatus (mostly) from enjoying alcohol. So when I returned, I definitely made a point of tasting some Irish whiskey. I thought it fitting that the band played "Wild Rover"
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