Thread by @FarFarrAway

Ireland: A thread

Drank my first full pint of Guinness at the Guiness Experience in Dublin.

Walked inside New Grange and Knowth, man-made structures older than the pyramids and Stonehenge.

Marveled at the Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College.

Stayed overnight in a wooden ship bed in a haunted castle - for cheaper than a hotel night in Brooklyn.

Wooden ships in my castle very free and easy! You know the way it’s supposed to be! 🎶

Visiting Galway, the county my great grandparents left for a chance at a new life in the states.

Finding poetry all around Galway, in the most unexpected places.

Finding that @GrittyNHL is everywhere, including this bumper sticker in a Galway bar.

When a Galway bartender asked where I was from and immediately went to the wall and pulled this from @PhillyPolice - who I’m sure were in Ireland on official business.

Left the Cliffs of Moher saying: Well that was something to see before you die.

Castles, castles everywhere.

Irish step dancing to @MumfordAndSons in Dingle, Ireland.

The entire Dingle Peninsula was breathtaking

With no other tourists around for miles...only cows.

You will feed this adorable goat.

Got an Irish rainbow in Dingle!

Cemetery at an old church on the Dingle peninsula.

Went to a bar in a hardware store in Dingle because it exists!

View from our B&B in Dingle, which again was cheaper than a night in NYC.

Stopped at the @BarackObama service plaza in Moneygall, the home of President Obama’s third great grandfather!

Kilkenny - the Medieval City.

The Black Abbey in Kilkenny

Irish music everywhere.

And of course I met people from South Philly at a pub in Galway, including a guy who used to work at the P.O.P.E. and his girlfriend who was from where else, but Delco (this is not them, but this is the pub).

Now I’m back to reality. I’m here for stories I may have missed and stories about what makes Philly Philly that deserve be told. I hope I was a good ambassador for our city abroad. I talked her up from Galway to Dublin.

Also, came back to this terrifying number so if you emailed me while I was away I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.