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Since I was a kid I have been writing stories. Narratives about fictional characters in made-ups worlds, within the infinite realm of my fantasies. Now I write about my real life adventures, about the results of my yearning to see as much of the world as I can possibly combine with a career and regularly seeing friends and family. These stories are primarily a recollection of my own memories, as I am keen to preserve as many details of my foreign adventures as possible, lest the images I try to recall years later inevitably become blurred. As a positive externality, the result may be a pleasant read for the interested outsider. I hope you will enjoy my blog.

Tony Grifone

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

The black gold


Drink 1 Guiness a day. Obey that easy rule and you’ll blend in perfectly with the Irish. Well, although it’s not too much of a deliberate choice, I find myself anxiously close to that average, as the picture below illustrates. The afternoon had barely commenced or Pieter and I decided to do as locals do in Croke Park and have the fun started a little before the GAA match. To our disappointment we couldn’t savour our liquid brunch on the spectators’ seats and thus we had to choke this brown unit down lest we’d miss the match. Chitchatting and strolling around the four of us were late to enter anyway, found ourselves accidentally spoiling the minute of silence held, before we sat down cheering for ‘the Dubs’ in what was clearly a crowd of away supporters. A remarkable experience it was, all in all, also with my numb hands being unable to grasp the frozen fries that had drowned in the sea of curry before me. Next match will be summer time!


Other fun stuff includes my Italian – English tandem with Sara (every Monday evening), meeting Naomi & Raoul (friends of Cath to whom I was virtually introduced by same), after work beers on Friday (to be continued), and many plans that start to materialise. I shall keep you posted!


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