It had to happen

It's raining. Not the kind of rain that really gets down to business, but the kind of rain that looks like heavy mist and drenches you within five minutes of being exposed to it.

It's supposed to be like this for most of the weekend. Or so I've been told.

There goes the trip to Giant's Causeway...

[remember folks: I only have a jean jacket...]

Though, I've come to realize I wish I'd gone to Inverness, in Scotland. So, I'm thinking that I will do a quick what-I-missed-the-first-time-around before I'm scheduled to leave in July. This is fairly easy, considering the many cheap flights to be found.

So: last night. Went to a rather famous pub last night, for the pint of Guinness. Ended up chatting with a man, who bought me another Guinness. We had several nice conversation threads. One of the things he told me was that if [in Ireland] you go in to a pub and sit at the bar by yourself, it means that you are interested in talking to someone. I didn't know this -- the bar was just packed and I took the first space at the bar I could (mostly so I could just order a pint).

Dear readers, I got mildly drunk from two pints of Guinness. I don't drink a great deal normally, but have been drinking very little alcohol recently. Partly it is because of my ankle (it's not a good idea to mix ibuprofen and alcohol: bad for kidneys), and mostly just because if I'm on my own, I don't tend to drink. I don't enjoy drinking alone.

I stumbled the several blocks home, remembering to get a bit of something to eat along the way (Subway, thank.you.). This prevented me from passing out in my bed at 8.30pm.

So. The rest of today will be spent going to a few places. *Inside* a few places. Tomorrow, I plan on going to one of the museums here. Again, inside. I've actually spent quite a bit of time walking around Belfast the last day and a half, so I think I've seen a fair bit of it. Well, the downtown-ish area, at least.

But I suppose being in the UK for over two weeks, without rain, is pretty noteworthy.

This is also the first place I've visited where it hasn't snowed immediately upon my arrival.

So there you go.