'Twas there I first met sweet Molly Malone...

The other day I was reading one of those little subway newspapers that they hand out and an ad jumped out at me: Aer Lingus, one-way fares to Dublin from $199. I went onto the website and checked it out--you have to buy the tickets by July 20, but the travel window is November through the end of March. WITH NO BLACKOUT PERIODS, apparently. For an additional fee you can extend the window to October, but I don't think I'll be needing that--between the considerations of school, the weather (I can't imagine Dublin is that great in January) and everything else, I'm looking at Thanksgiving. or maybe even Christmas. So yeah, I think I definitely want to to this--and now I'm looking at hotels and hostels and all sorts of tourist information. And I have to finish Ulysses for sure! Dublin! Land of writers and pubs and friendly people and the lilting speech of my fellow Celts--Dublin!