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Ah well, the best laid plans….<\/p>\n Instead of arriving in Dublin<\/a> Tuesday morning and having a day to scope out So having said that, you can guess that Monday night was a bit of an Now, you are going to ask what the heck does this have to do with My story begins as I arrived in front of the hotel, and the "resort" name "Yes, where did it go?"<\/p>\n So you see this is another few pages in my book of travel essays. Ha! I won't bore you with the details of my room. Lets just say it had peeling yellow-beige tiny houndstooth<\/a> wallpaper throughout the entire room…and leave it at that.<\/p>\n So what have I done with an extra day inserted into my itinerary?<\/p>\n * Stayed up late answering emails and simultaneously downloading photo filters * Researched how to combine Pinterest and Instagram so I can view them together on the web. (Instagram is a photo-sharing program for smart phones)<\/p>\n * Wrote another chapter in my novel. (haha)<\/p>\n * Decided to draw something every day on this trip…once I get to Ireland! Did a little still life sketch to warm up.<\/p>\n * Since it is rainy and chilly – put on my raincoat and pretended like I am in * Went for a walk in a nearby park and spotted this cluster of shamrocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n I think my luck is changing!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong> This was originally sent out as the midweek Creative Nudge on June 6: Ah well, the best laid plans…. Instead of arriving in Dublin Tuesday morning and having a day to scope outthe city on my own, my Denver … Continue reading
the city on my own, my Denver to Boston flight<\/a> was delayed and I missed my
Aer Lingus connection to Dublin<\/a> Monday night. I'll be on another Dublin
flight Tuesday night, now arriving the exact same time as my group Weds
morning. I am writing this from an Irish pub at the Boston airport<\/a>… pretending that I am already in Ireland<\/a>!<\/p>\n
adventure. After running from Terminal C to Terminal E to hopefully catch
the flight (and seeing the plane pull away from the gate when I was almost
there – *sniff*), I had to track down my luggage, get a hotel voucher, and
then since the bad weather had filled up all the local hotels<\/a>, took a cab<\/a> 45
minutes to Danvers to the only hotel<\/a> the airline could offer.<\/p>\n
creativity? You may well ask.<\/p>\n
was laminated on a sign that was taped up beside the revolving door. As I
entered the lobby I saw something scoot off to the side of the registration
desk, saw 2 young men frantically looking around the floor (but in the other
direction), and then the deer-in-the-headlights look as I asked – "Mouse?"<\/p>\n
for my new creative obsession – Instagram.<\/p>\n
Galway already.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"