I leave this part of my travels on Sunday. I have gotten a tremendous amount of writing completed as was my goal. I have also learned a lot. I have learned how to skype using my iPad, how to sleep with no doors locked, how to dispose of garbage each day in a safe environmentally friendly way, how to ride a bus in Ireland, how to find stories from people who live here, how to know the difference between a cow mooing in the evening and a bird call, how to think when I get lost and turn around because I instinctively go to the right hand side of the road and that is dangerous here, how to buy groceries and carry them in my hand individually to the car (I have witnessed entire carts filled with groceries get put on the conveyor belt, loaded back into the cart, wheeled to the car and loaded loosely into the car), and how to listen to the quiet in the house where I am staying.
Peace is what I was seeking and peace I found. The next few days will be spent writing, watching the rain and wind, and listening.
Leara Rhodes 