Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 91

Dublin….what a disappointment. Brisbane is nicer and more interesting. I took us right instead of left and we ended up in some very unsavory spot. Polish shops everywhere. After looking at a few places of interest on the map and finding them all quite ordinary, touristy and overpriced. $30 to have a wander through the church! We made our way to the temple bar area, it’s the only area that looked even remotely interesting but, as expected, very touristy. Irish music was coming from a pub so we thought we’d lash out and at least get an Irish feeling, cost us 20euro ($30) for soft drinks for the kids and one drink each. Restaurant choices are Polish, Korean, Filipino and any other country you can imagine and of course touristy overpriced pubs. Every other language is ... read more

If you get Dublin on your hands don't rub your eyes. it stings like a bitch. thats just alittle something i discovered this morning. Anyway, the first day was unbelievable. Dad got me to the airport in record time and i cruised through security. all in all i was 3 and a half hours early. when i finally did board the plane, i took one look at my seat and i knew why i got it for $200. baby Ava would have been squeshed. i know this because the baby sitting next to me must have been with that crying the whole damb flight non-sense. and what really sucked was that some useless bastard on the plane had a nut allergy so guess what... no peanuts for anyone. dillhole! Now with the perils of the flight ... read more

This account follows the tale of a young 21 year-old traveller finding herself while on the green lands of eire. Most sincere apologies for not writing sooner, it has been somewhat of an adjustment lving away from home, depsite all the comforts one could ask for. I can safely say that so far my time in Ireland has been one in which knowledge about people has be ascertained, limits tested, tastes enlarged and fitness increased. :D That first fortnight or so was spent dully looking for jobs while being discriminated against because of own surname. Kind of a wake-up call, given that my unusual ethinc background gave me somewhat of a distinction amongst my peers. But for a country that was until very recently, ethinically homogenous (while having its place in wider multicultural and well travelled ... read more

Well, I've done Cardiff and Cork so far, and now I'm in Dublin! Dublin is great, it's quite like Cork except nothing is written only in Irish, so I can avoid any further toilet-staff-area incidents! So far I haven't really done much here (it's only halfway through my second day here), but I hope to check out the local pub scene asap. I hear the beer's really good. I must check the Irish legal age for drinking... I'm off to ask Diann Logan, current landlady, for a lift to the shopping centre. I would walk but it is, in true Irish fashion, chucking it down with rain. Maya xx... read more

Hi all, Was great to see some familiar faces, even if it was the Foxes. Just joking Helen and John. It was so great to see them so happy and full of life. We met John's family and had some great craic down in Blessington on the way to the Wicklow Mountains. Great afternoon and lots of laughing and chatting. And we loved John and Helen coming over because we got some new clothes (although Dave now thinks an extra t-shirt would have been good) and of course we got some Milo, which we have now finished so it's off to the Asian supermarket to get some imitation stuff. For my birthday, our housemate Fanny made us a cake (and even cleaned up after making it) and after a house dinner Dave, Fanny, Cecile (our other ... read more