Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 96

I left London on the night of Thursday the 21st to visit an old family friend Huw at University College Dublin in Ireland. I bought Ryanair flights for ten pounds return including taxes, which is incredible. Actually the train to and from the airport cost more than double that. One of Huw's flatmates was in Paris for four of the five nights i was staying, so i had my own room and bed which was really nice. I arrived at Huw's at about 11:30pm on Thursday night, met some of his friends and we hung out in an apartment. On Friday morning we slept in, had some breakfast and Huw and I got on the bus and he showed me around the city centre. We had a pint of Guinness and some lunch. On Friday evening ... read more

I had a friend from GW who is studying in Paris visit me this past weekend. It gave me a chance to see some more sites around Dublin. We visited St.Patrick's Cathedral and Christ Church. St.Patrick's is built on the site where they belief St.Patrick baptised christians in the 5th century. The church itself was built in the 1100's and is absolutely beautiful inside. Equally breathtaking is Christ Church which is literally a few blocks away from St.Patrick's. It was started in 1038 and has a crypt that you can visit below the church. However, the highlight of the weekend was our celebrity run-in. The Dublin International Film Festival is currently going on and there are a number of celebrities in town. As I've shared with a number of people, I had the lucky oppertunity of ... read more

Well hi all, We've made it to Dublin and been here for nearly a week now. Very different to London - old, cold and a bit feral in places actually. Quite unimpressed with the number of females without teeth and arguments from some of the locals. Anyway, the absolute majority of people are really friendly and helpful here. Stayed with Lindy Foat for the first few nights and crashed on her couch. One word to describe her place: freezing!!! Poor thing the landlord is a tight ass and only has the heater on low. It was great to have lindy to show us about for the first couple of nights so we could get our bearings. Now we are staying with belinda cope and john, sharing the love around. We pretty much walked around Dublin in ... read more

Finally I get round to doing this last blog. Way out of date, but better late than never... As some of you didn't know, you'll see now there is an end to this story, or at least another beginning - yep, I'm in Dublin! but I'll leave that till later on; first, I've got the task of remembering back the last couple of months. I flew to Auckland from Melbourne, and for the first time since being on the other side of the world, suddenly really felt very far away. I'm not sure why, maybe the knowledge of New Zealand being that much more remote, two small islands in the middle of the pacific, maybe also the cooler weather, and the harsh blustery winds. I couldn't decide what to do in New Zealand, so was in ... read more

Hello everyone! I am in Dublin and have been since last night! The weather is the usual, cold, rainy, and now even WINDY..50mph windy! But.. I have managed to take the hop on and off bus tour of dublin and seen St. Patrick's Cathedral, Guiness Storehouse (brewery), and Temple Bar (famous market, shops, etc). It has been quite a day already and it is not even 4pm here! I just finished lunch at a cafe called bad ass cafe and was veery tastey! I do not have regular access to the internet, so i can not post pictures yet, but next destination is Amsterdam/netherlands in general and I will there I think! I had my first pint of irish guiness in Ireland last night after my arrival and I am feeling quite at home in the ... read more