We just got back from a trip to CA to see my sister, visit the Happiest Place on Earth and then I stayed on to spend some time with my Lovelies in Palm Springs.   I could do a vacation post about the fun I had…instead, more on some of my favorite things – Dublin and U2.

While in LA we went to Amoeba Records – a MUST for those visiting!  I went first to the U2 section of course.  (Side note on that – I bought a book on photography and two U2 CDs.  You can’t put me in a box! Oh no! 😉 )  I had foolishly gotten rid of all my U2 CDs while trying to purge at some point in my life since I had them all on iTunes – I regret it.  I am old enough also to have had U2 records which are also long gone!  It was fun to see the familiar record covers of old.  Since I don’t have a turn table like the really hip, I bought a couple of CDs.  I was just looking through the photos in the insert of the U218 Singles I bought and was thrilled to see a photo of the band on the Canal – one of my favorite spots in Dublin.

 

Whenever I had a chance, I would walk along the canal and cross over the little bridges at the many locks along the canal.  I loved to stand in the middle and look up or down the canal.  I loved imagining several hundred years before when it was used for travel or moving goods through the city.  Even though it was right in the city, it felt peacefully removed almost as if you stepped though the wardrobe.

Here’s a photo of my friends Jessica and Kalle on one of those bridges similar to the photo above –

This photo I’ve shared before because I love it.  I took  it while standing on one of these locks looking back at a bridge.  You can see why it was a favorite spot!

Sigh.