{"id":621,"date":"2012-10-27T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=621"},"modified":"2012-10-27T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:56:51","slug":"irish-times-271012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"Irish Times 27\/10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My holidays<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div><a id=\"mb1\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/images\/2012\/1027\/1224325715098_1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/images\/tile\/2012\/1027\/1224325715098_1.jpg?resize=360%2C310\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/life\/\"> In this section <strong>\u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325667513.html\">Go Deals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325667236.html\">Head to the slopes, and London<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325667217.html\">Go Niche<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325715120.html\">Take off<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325715366.html\">Dizzying Donegal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/travel\/2012\/1027\/1224325715417.html\">Go Gadgets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Writer James Lawless<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your best holiday?<\/strong>\u00a0A cultural exchange scholarship to Vigo, Galicia many years ago. I taught English to Spanish primary teachers for one hour a day leaving me with a lot of free time. I got to visit lots of places like Salamanca and the Islas C\u00edes . . . and Seville, which is still one of my favourite places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your worst holiday?<\/strong>\u00a0I was a student and it was my first time abroad and on my own. I arrived in Barcelona but my suitcase wound up in Madrid. Every day I travelled to the airport to enquire about it and on the fifth day it arrived. By that time I was covered in mosquito bites from sleeping without even a sheet bag in an unhygienic hostel. Then I got sunstroke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If budget or work were no restriction, what would be your dream holiday?<\/strong>\u00a0I would love to go to South America and follow the journey of Che Guevara\u2019s Motorcycle Diaries throughout the continent. Maybe I\u2019d also make it over to Cuba before that regime crumbles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had your pick, who would you take on holiday with you?<\/strong>\u00a0My wife. She has a practical head that keeps me from getting too carried away in what she perceives as my quixotic ventures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite place in Ireland?<\/strong>\u00a0There are three places equally dear to me. Kildare, where I live most of time and where I enjoy canal and riverbank walks; the mountains in west Cork near Gougane Barra, and the old streets of Dublin\u2019s Liberties, where I was born and which still echo with the voices of my childhood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your recommended holiday reading?<\/strong>\u00a0I normally bring a manuscript of whatever novel I\u2019m working on. Two recent books I found engrossing were Timothy Mo\u2019s Pure and Sebastian Faulks\u2019 A Possible Life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where will you go next?<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m flying to Manchester for a few days to visit my son who is studying physiotherapy over there.<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with <strong>GENEVIEVE CARBERY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finding Penelope by James Lawless (Indigo Dreams, \u00a37.99).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My holidays In this section \u00bb Go Deals Head to the slopes, and London Go Niche Take off Dizzying Donegal Go Gadgets Writer James Lawless What was your best holiday?\u00a0A cultural exchange scholarship to Vigo, Galicia many years ago. 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