Aboard the Ferry South of Shannon, Ireland The tweed jacket

I do not like posting pictures of myself, but this one has a reason. Forget me for a moment and look at the nice tweed jacket I am wearing. We are crossing the Shannon River and I was looking at where we are headed. I had figured that when in Ireland you should try to look Irish to blend in. I already look  Irish -sort of- but I was sure a tweed jacket would make me even less American looking. I bought the coat and it is a Pendleton Wool. I wear often now. However, as for stereotypes, I am sure that some Irishmen wear tweed jackets, but I did not see one. It is like buying a beret to wear to France or buying western boots to wear way-out-west in San Francisco. It was in Ireland that I decided to wear nice clothes, but make them my own. For, you see, in this big world Nike and Reebok are everywhere. In all my European travels I have yet to be mistaken for a European.