As was mentioned by of the commentators before Gary Shteyngart wrote in the last issue of the New Yorker : “Even my parents, however, as uncritically in love with America as only immigrants can be, could not resist the iconic pull of Florida, the call of the beach and the Mouse.”

Some immigrants tend to love their new country but other immigrants tend to despise their new country with a vengeance.
Often hate starts with idealization and disappointment. One of the reasons why I cannot warn you enough: don’t idealize me. I’m not a sexist but I’m not the perfect man either.

(N.B. See yesterday’s entry.
Today there were again clowns in St Stephen’s Green offering Shakespeare for free. It was a group today, four or five. One of the clowns was an older lady with a cane.)