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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