Dublin I
The 2016 expedition had gone so well that I decided to use the services of Travel Central and Leatta Perdue again. Leatta said that this trip would be easier to plan. They had my “profile” now. They knew what I liked and expected. I had been so pleased with the first trip that I thought why not? Why not just do it again? I had toyed with the idea of making my own arrangements. An experienced traveler told me: “There’s a difference between touring and traveling.” Maybe next time. “Where do you want to go?” I couldn’t go “over there” again without stopping in Ireland. It wasn’t just Irish Catholic guilt. I really wanted to see Dublin again. It had been almost twenty years. It was tempting to go back to some of the places I’d seen in 2016. I knew I had just scratched the surface. There’s a big world out there. I decided I’d better see more of it. My thinking was a bit more adventurous. Spain. Greece. I would be traveling budget. I had a bet...