Boat Ride

Yesterday after moving into my new house i went for a stroll in my new neighborhood. When i came to Grand Canal, Dublin's prettiest canal, i noticed boats making their way through it. The canal has a series of locks which are all manually operated. That is, you need to jump of your boat, raise/lower water levels using a big wrench that raises/lowers water barriers and then manually push/pull the locks open. After seeing the Panama canal in action only a few months ago, it was cool to see it done the old fashion way. I arrived when the first of thirty boats where coming through (this happens once a year, so was very lucky) and noticed that they were having trouble opening one of the locks, so i offered to help and five minutes later i was on the boat with 3 Irish gentlemen cruising down the canal. Great way to spend an sunny afternoon in Dublin.