Last time
we wrote we were winging our way to Dublin to commiserate celebrate
Steve’s 50th birthday. We
arrived on the Friday night and met up with everyone in the famous Temple Bar
pub. Steve had combined his birthday
celebrations with a friend turning 40 so between the two of them they managed
to get a group together of around 50 people from Australia, South Africa, USA
and the UK.
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| Temple Bar Pub Dublin |
The warm
up party at Temple Bar was followed by the main event the next evening – a
fantastic dinner held in a restaurant of converted cellars where we had our own
private area. Probably just as well as
we were a bit noisy!
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| 40th & 50th Birthday Parties at Ely's Brasserie Dublin |
On Sunday
night we did a Literary Pub Tour which was led by two actors who entertained us
with stories of Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, William Yeats, George Bernard Shaw,
Samuel Beckett and others as well as performing excerpts from their works. It
was a lot of fun and managed to keep us away from the Guinness for a couple of
hours which was a good thing after Friday and Saturday nights! We had a smaller gathering on Monday night to
wish Steve on his actual birthday and ended up back at the scene of the crime
(Temple Bar) till the wee hours of the morning.
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| More Partying |
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| Refills Arriving For The Group :-) |
An added
bonus for Jean was catching up with the extended family and reconnecting with a
couple of people from high school and varsity that she had not seen in many,
many years. As the reacquainted high
school friend, Gavin, said: “I have not partied like that since my
twenties. Actually, I don’t think I ever
did 5 nights straight in my twenties!”
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| Jean, Steve, Gavin - Friends At Bryanston High School (South Africa) |
We then
left Dublin with Steve and Christelle to go to Kilkenny for a couple of
days. It was great driving around the
lush green countryside and spending some quiet time with them after the delightful
mayhem of Dublin.
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| Christelle & Steve In Kilkenny Castle Grounds |
We must have
wished Steve ‘Happy Birthday” about 15 times and he has moved on to visit
family in Birmingham so is probably still being toasted with good wishes.
Jean has
decided that turning 50 ain’t so bad and is starting to think about her turn
next year 😊
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