I moved my belongings back to California at the beginning of September and started my rediscovery of life there. It felt like a holiday rather than something mundane and I suppose I planned it that way: after about three weeks I left for a three-week trip to Dublin and to Hong Kong.
This return to Dublin is an interesting parallel to my first trip over one year ago. I stayed at the same hostel where I met that wonderful Canadian Stephen and I am attending plays at the Dublin Theatre Festival again. I am spending time with my classmates, including Nick whom I met initially at the Dublin Fringe Festival last year. A part of me wishes I were going to stay on in Dublin because I have enjoyed it once I got settled, but a part of me knows it's time for me to take another step towards my goals and that means not being in Dublin.
And so I am soaking up enough Dublin to keep me company in the coming months while I am away. I am going back to restaurants I have enjoyed and walking down familiar streets and discovering how much I have absorbed in the past year. I'm glad to have this week to ease my transition from Dublin and to enjoy a little more of the art and the community that is so much a part of the city in my memories.
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