Some of my Irish colleagues were asking me if I had any plans to do anything this weekend. This IS, after all, the international ADVENTURES of HRputer. I told them that I was planning on having an apartment ready to go and would probably spend my time moving in and making my new accommodations cozy. However, I added, I had a Plan B to go to Dun Laoghaire, which is a dock area south of Dublin City. It's supposed to be a beautiful walk along the coast. They looked at me cross-eyed.
I decided to explain to them my theory about making travel plans in Ireland:
Always have a Plan B. If you're planning to do something outdoors, always have a Plan B that is indoors. If you're planning on doing something indoors, have a Plan B that is outdoors. As an American I well knew the first of these to pieces of wisdom. Why, would you ask, do you need a Plan B when you have indoor plans?
If the weather is good, don't waste it. Be ready to go out and enjoy it.
I quickly learned that this wasn't what confused them; rather, it was my pronunciation of Dun Laoghaire. I pronounced it: Dune LaGare. They had a chuckle while explaining to me that it's pronounced Dun Leary.
Me: "Like Denis Leary, right?"
Them: "Who?"
