Its been a while and July concerts

We deeply apologize for the inactivity on the blog as of late. If you look at the post below, we moved into a new apartment in July, and unfortunately, our Irish friends have a problem with the concept of marginal revenues versus cost in relation to internet connectivity. Even before moving in to the new place, we learned we were going to move to London and as such couldn't get broadband because they make you sign a year contract for internet access! Seems like they could figure out that to activate an already wired apartment doesn't take much on their part, but not quite, so both us, (you), and the internet provider lost out on the no internet thing.

I digress; to catch everyone up on our happenings, July was a probably the most low-key month since we moved, no travels, just concerts in Dublin. In the interest of our finances, we decided to forgo a trip in July. I know you feel pity for us, but shed no tears, we'll make it.

Our friend Joel had lots of visitors out in July and early August, so we were the beneficiaries of some good times and fun nights out. Below are Joel, myself, and a fellow Minnesotan, Mr. Hadley.

We went to three shows in August. Actually only 1.5. The Eagles were in town playing at the RDS so as we have done in the past, we enjoyed the show from the canal, listening until about 10pm, then working our way into the show to catch the last 45 minutes (i.e. the best songs). It was cool to watch the Eagles as the may not be touring for much longer.

The next week Bruce (the Boss) was back in town. This time we weren't so lucky to get into the show, but it was still a great night and nice to have a couple beers on the stone wall banking the canal.

The next week was the one show we actually paid for, U2. When U2 play in Dublin and you live in the Irish capital, there are no excuses for missing the show. It was a great atmosphere and we had lower level seats. The only problem is that they were at the other end of the 360 stage (which are usually in the middle of the stadiums on tour). Not sure why they didn't do this at Croke Park, but nonetheless, we still had a great time at a historic show.

I am going to follow with a couple more posts in the next several hours as I have internet (courtesy of Mr. Strauss).