Where were you when…
We have all heard that phrase uttered and it is usually associated with some memorable event. I wasn’t anywhere when Kennedy was shot. I wasn’t born yet. For my generation, Generation X, our where were you when events are likely the Space Shuttle Challenger (1/28/1986, Prairie View Elementary, 6th Grade. Principle Celt came into our room and told us the news) and 911 (9/11/01, Munson Printing; listening to the KQ Morning Show). There was another event added to that list not quite a year ago today when Cyndie and I were traveling through Sneem…
Sneem – Blue Bull
Cyndie and I were on vacation driving around Ireland. We had just had an early dinner in at the Blue Bull in a small town called Sneem in County Kerry. I was always fun to have a pint and listen to the locals converse with each other. I had the incredibly tasty Monkfish which was encased in a hashbrown of sorts. Wonderful stuff.
Tragic News
Just like every other evening, we stopped at a filling station or store to pick up a refreshments for later. We made it an evening tradition to have a Magners or Bulmers cider whilst relaxing at the B&B after a long day of traveling. As luck would have it, there was such a store that had exactly what we were looking for just a wee bit down the way from the pub. While in the Christians Foodstore I heard the news report from the television mounted to the wall. I did a double-take as I wasn’t sure what I had just heard. I look down at my feet where the newspapers were laid out; there it was in print: Prince Dead at 57. I remember exactly where I was when Prince died (4/21/2016). I was in a convenience store in Ireland when I heard the tragic news.
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