KTMusings

I went to church at a charming, TINY little Catholic church called St John's in Parnell in the morning. A few things were different, but Mass was mostly the same. I went out for coffee afterwards, had a low key afternoon, went to dinner at a place called Di Mare for a seafood and pasta dish, and went to bed early in anticipation of a 4:15am alarm tomorrow! I have loved having the week to explore and relax, but am very much looking forward to some more company for the next two weeks. Day 8: http://kellytmiller.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-8-monday-321.html

I had a very low key day just wandering around. I found a few cricket matches being played at a local park and watched for quite a while ... and still have no idea how the game is played. I think Bill Bryson's description is quite accurrate - from "In A Sunburned Country": Imagine a form of baseball in which the pitcher, after each delivery, collects the ball from the catcher and walks slowly with it out to center field; and that there, after a minute's pause to collect himself, he turns and runs full tilt towards the pitcher's mound before hurling the ball at the ankles of a man who stands before him wearing a riding hat, heavy gloves of the sort used to handle radioactive isotopes, and a mattress strapped to each leg. Imagine moreover that if this batsman fails to hit the ball in a way that heartens him sufficiently to try to waddle forty feet with mattresses strapped to his legs, he is under no formal compunction to run; he may stand there all day, and, as a ru...