visiting a couple of places in Dublin, part one

I was going to post this a lot earlier, but somehow I do not get back to this often enough...
While the week in Dublin seems like ages have gone by since, it was very good to be there again, even if it was for a few days only.
The first day was a Sunday, and since we arrived just after noon, we couldn't go up to our room at once, so we left our stuff at the hotel and walked into town.
We did buy something to eat and drink and walked around the city centre for a while, then, before heading back to the hotel, we stopped by at the Liffey, sat down on a bench and listened to what other people were talking about.
One guy next to us had a phone call, but that wasn't nearly as interesting as what the people a few feet down were discussing.
Apparently, we were at the right spot to buy whatever drugs were available (which we didn't), and yes, we did smell something while sitting down...
Dublin as we know it...

Reading:
Die Therapie, S. Fitzek
The Lovers, J. Connolly

... translations, part five of a short story

Just adding the next couple of words, and when I checked the story a minute ago, I noticed that I'm only half way through it now... weird, but I can remember the end very well, but apparently there is more going on in the middle than I remember...
;o)

Thomas had paid the driver generously, and while his mood had not changed much for the better, at least he hadn't talked about suing them any longer.
Marcus felt a lot better, but the others weren't exactly glad about it.
"We have to walk now, and it's just because of you", Christian moaned, but Marcus only grinned.
"Not my fault, the last beer wasn't too good."
"Oh yeah, you have started way ahead of us, that's all." Thomas waited a couple of feet ahead of them, shivering, and looked around.
"Well, at least it's not far for you guys", Michael tried to cheer him up.
Thomas calmed down, and as they walked on the sideway towards the city center, they noticed that the fresh air felt good.
"But it's kind of weird, don't you think?" Michael walked ahead with Thomas and turned towards Marcus and Christian.
Christian nodded his head and said that it was strange to see hardly a car at all on a Friday night.
"Let's hurry up", Thomas tried to convince the others to walk faster. All of them had an awkward feeling that they knew they wouldn't get rid of until they got home.

And as usual, the German version:

Thomas hatte dem Fahrer einen Schein gereicht, woraufhin sich dessen Laune nur mäßig gebessert hatte, aber immerhin hatte er ihnen nicht mehr mit weiteren Konsequenzen gedroht.
Markus ging es wieder besser, aber die anderen konnten sich nicht darüber freuen.
"Mann, wegen dir müssen wir jetzt erst mal laufen", beklagte sich Christian, aber Markus grinste ihn nur an.
"Was kann ich dafür, das letzte Bier war nich' gut."
"Ja sicher, du hast schon vorgetankt, das ist alles." Thomas stand schon ein paar Schritte von den anderen entfernt, und sah sich, ein wenig fröstelnd, in der Gegend um.
"Ist ja nicht weit für euch", versuchte Michael, ihn aufzumuntern.
Thomas beruhigte sich, und während sie miteinander auf dem Bürgersteig in Richtung Innenstadt gingen, bemerkten sie, dass ihnen die frische Luft gut tat.
"Ist aber unheimlich, findet ihr nicht?" Michael ging mit Thomas voran und sah sich nach Markus und Christian um, die ein paar Schritte hinter ihnen gingen.
Christian nickte und erklärte, es wäre schon komisch, dass an einem Freitagabend so wenige Autos unterwegs seien.
"Beeilen wir uns lieber", versuchte Thomas, die anderen anzutreiben. Sie hatten alle ein ungutes Gefühl, das sie nicht deuten konnten, aber sie wussten, dass sie es erst dann los würden, wenn sie zuhause angekommen waren.

More soon,
cheers,
Barbara