The Shannon flows easy down through the center of Ireland, an unbroken path of kindly waters (mostly) from Belleek in the north all the way to Killaloe in the south and on to the delta. This summer I am going to explore some part of it for a week, stopping in at villages and pubs and rising with the sun (if I can) to follow the river's path.

This is an easy slow-moving sort of vacation but I think it will be just grand.