September 16, 2007

Sunny September


Summer has finally reached this country. Well, sort of. Its not like you could walk around wearing sandals, but its nice enough to leave the umbrella home for a few days (or just carry a very small one in your hand bag).

Dublin is in the grip of all kinds of important sport events (unfortunately no ice hockey;() The city is filled with people wearing colourful jerseys every weekend to celebrate and enjoy a few drinks.

I am actually still quite lost when it comes to sports over here. There almost never seems to be a break. Almost every weekend there is an All Ireland final in hurling or Gaelic football and now with the start of the rugby world championship there is no escaping the endless hours of blissful sports entertainment.
You won’t find much else on TV these days. If they are not showing any live games, you will have to sit through a re-run or watch a sport program with endless discussions and analysis of the games and the Irish teams (I understand that they are not doing too well at the moment).

I tried watching a rugby game this weekend, but I think it will take some time to understand the rules of this funny looking game. I will definitely try again. Of course this also has a very bright side to it. On sport weekends you usually have the beautiful pier in Dun Laoghaire all to yourself;)