The Cities, Walked EarlyNotebook No 34January 2025
The cobblestones of Front Square, before the day starts.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
Dublin reveals a quieter self inside Trinity's gates before eight in the morning. During summer, the cobblestone expanse around Front Square is ours for a brief time before the city's daytime rhythm takes hold. We appreciate the way the early light shifts across these old buildings.
Dublin (Trinity
You can walk these grounds in silence, past the structures that define the university's character, before students and visitors fill the pathways. A coffee from the Buttery, enjoyed alone on the Old Library lawn, offers a singular pleasure. For us, this is how a Dublin day should commence.
This earlier hour grants a calmer, more direct encounter with Dublin.
The Ireland Edit Way
Cut the itinerary in half, then cut it again. The letter we send before every first visit.
Every hotel change costs you half a day. Luxury, in Ireland, is staying put.
Six questions we apply before booking any room in Ireland. The November test, the dinner-twice test, the landscape-over-room test.
To understand Ireland, stop looking at the castles and start looking at the kitchen table.
From the notebook
Collected notes. A few times each season.