I’ve remained pretty sober most of my time in Ireland, but on this day I was drunk. I was bar hopping after I got my tattoo and someone mentioned Orchard Thieves cider to me and I started drinking a lot of it. As I was walking past The Giddy Dolphin I saw the “Pizza by the slice” sign in the window and I floated in like a cartoon character sniffing a pie. In this case, it was pizza pie.
For a counter slide this thing was more than decent. A lot of the pizza I’ve had in Ireland is super thing, but this was a thicc slice. The cheese was good and you could tell by it and the crust that it had been reheated. Exactly the way I like it!
Dublin has been a strange experience. Every once in a while my heart starts racing and I have to battle my anxiety when I think about being so far from home totally on my own. Then I get to thinking something that I’ve thought while writing Slice of Plain many times - what is home? Especially now that my mom is gone. Is home where my friends are? I barely see them anyway we just play games online. Is home where I work? I love my kids and I enjoy my job but should my home be defined by my profession?
This trip has changed my perspective on some things. I said when my mom passed away that I would start trying to live more and live better. Traveling, I think, is living more, but what is living better?
When I figure it out, I’ll let you know.
‘til the next slice. ( I’m going to spam posts since I’ve eaten so much pizza for this sole purpose )
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