Notes from a trip to Ireland [View all]

My wife and I just returned from an eight-day tour of Ireland - learned more about Irish history than *I* ever wanted to know but my wife was thrilled (she's FBI - Full Blooded Irish). We had a limited amount of conversations with the people living in Ireland, but one conversation stood out.

We had completed a viewing of the Titanic museum in Belfast and had stepped outside to experience more of the lovely Irish weather (light rain). As we were talking to each other a young man noticed our decidedly Midwestern accent and asked where we were from. When we answered "Minnesota" he started asking questions about the upcoming election and wondered how anyone in their right mind could support Trump. We responded that we, too, had no idea but were trying to illuminate as many as possible to the dangers of another Trump term. Before we parted company, he said "over here we love your governor".