Madam, – It was with great excitement that I landed in Dublin late last month for the first time in 10 years. Having first left Ireland in 1990 I have had limited opportunities to visit, but now I was eager to immerse my accompanying eight-year-old son in the rich Dublin culture that I remembered.
I expected the cold, the rain, the terrible traffic – what I did not expect was the cold reception, the guarded hostility, the general rudeness. Maybe I just had a bad experience.
Maybe Dublin has always been like this and I chose only to remember the good times. No matter, I left with neither regrets nor a great yearning to return. Dublin – yes, but in name only. – Yours, etc,