Bloomsday is gone

As I suspected, I couldn’t finish reading Ulysses before Bloomsday. I’ve only read about 200 of the nearly 900 pages of Ulysses and I’m reading its Spanish translation, but it’s still damn hard to follow. I hope next year I’ll have read it.
In the meantime, I spend this weekend enjoying the Street Performance World [...]

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Grafton People

As you surely have already guessed, Grafton Street is my favorite place in Dublin when I have nothing to do and I want to have a nice time. First time I was there I thought “I want to live here!”. Later on I agreed that it is far more important to live near your work [...]

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South Ulster Concert Band

I lost last weekend staying at home a bit sick, but today I went out to get some sun and hot fresh air, so I also got some pictures and a handful of videos with a range of musicians and other street performers in Grafton Street.
I will need some time to sort them and prepare [...]

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Bloomsday is coming

Two weeks ago in Grafton Street this stoneman was imitating James Joyce’s statue in O’Connell St. while his Ulysses audiobook was playing.
I understood what he was doing only because I was already reading Ulysses, because I want to enjoy the next Bloomsday in two weeks. Unfortunately, after more than a month I’ve read only 160 [...]

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