{"id":1524,"date":"2018-03-19T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2018-03-19T22:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:00:48","slug":"locked-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"Locked Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The planning board is complete.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okay. Locked down is kind of an overstatement. I’m still waiting to hear back on a couple of things, and there’s at least one tour I’d like to get on that I can’t book yet. But still. Things are about as close to being locked down as they can be.<\/p>\n

So, the picture is my planning board. I put one of these together for every big trip. A card for each day, colour-coded to indicate what city I am based in that day. It’s a good way to visualize the entire span of time, and it helps me get to grips with where I’ll be when.<\/p>\n

I also use the itinerary page<\/a> I build on this blog1<\/a><\/sup>, but that helps me keep track of details and links. The board helps me visualize and structure the trip, and the itinerary helps me organize the information about all the activities. Using the two tools in concert helps me make sure I haven’t missed anything2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

I’ve fleshed out the stuff I want to be doing during my stay in Dublin. Some of it3<\/a><\/sup> are revisiting things I’ve seen before, but usually with a different tour. Some of it has changed – for example, it looks like the hop-on-hop-off bus tour that I love so much in Dublin has added another route that takes in more of the northern part of the city. And the Newgrange, Monasterboice, and Hill of Tara tour I’ve got booked was canceled on my last trip.<\/p>\n

I’ve scheduled myself less completely than I have on previous trips. I have more confidence on this, my third Irish adventure, in my ability to find interesting things to do. And I feel less pressure to see everything. And I’ve found that just bumming around Ireland with no pressing plans for a day is kind of awesome.<\/p>\n

Also, I’m getting old4<\/a><\/sup>, and maybe the lighter schedule will be easier on me.<\/p>\n

Less than two months. Can hardly wait.<\/p>\n

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  1. Which is also as complete as it’s probably gonna get. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  2. Not foolproof. For the UK trip<\/a>, I somehow managed to miss booking a hotel the first night in London and the last night in Edinburgh. Nothing is foolproof. But you can believe I’ve been double-checking dates for accommodations this trip. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  3. As with several things in other cities. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  4. Okay, I’m already old. I’m getting\u00a0older<\/em>. I’ll be turning 50 on this trip. [↩<\/a>]<\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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