Wow, never thought I would like Dublin so much, but it may have moved to the top of my favorite cities list. The Temple Bar District at least is so much fun. Of course I love the pub culture with the great food and good beer. We have been to Trinity College today and St. Stephen's Green and off to the Guinness Sorehouse in a bit, but such culture here. . .anyway, short time on the computer, but just wanted to send an update. Staying at Barnacles Temple Bar House and it is great too. Met lots of poeple night one [View Full Entry]

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Well, out week in London was busy and relatively fun-filled other than the stanky bathrooms in the hostel. I had to pay $2.00 per half-hour for internet, so that's why I haven't updated in so long. So here we are in inner city Dublin. We're all staying in one large 24-person room with 12 bunk beds. Yesterday we did a walking tour of the area around the place we're staying. Lots of cool shopping, pubs, and other things. We went pout last night to a pub and heard some live Irish music...it was loud and had quite a lack of melody [View Full Entry]

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Well we just said goodbye to Chris and Jim yesterday in Dublin. Today we are going to head out to the Isle of Man. While they were here we went to the Guinness tour. It was great to see the source of such a fine pint of glory! (Alex's words exactly) (Jay thought it was a bit cheesy). But apparently Guinness is good for you so we had it for breakfast. We've decided we are done with Ireland for now. The ferry ride over isn't cheap so we won't exactly be island hopping. We plan on meeting up with Chris and [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! Well I made it to Ireland and am currently in Dublin. It's amazing here. The streets are all cobblestone and the buildings are so old, it's gorgeous. I checked into my hostel yesterday after I got here and took a nap. I woke up to a small Irish band playing jigs outside my window. I don't think it could get much better than that. I met a few really cool girls in my hostel, two from Australia, one from the states (Ohio) and another from Canada. The hostels aren't bad, I feel like I'm back in college with the [View Full Entry]

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We started out at Dublin Castle this morning. Then we headed over to the original U Dub (Trinity College) to see the beautiful campus and the Book of Kells. A magnificent piece of work from the Dark Ages! Who knew! We crossed the O'Connell bridge and walked up to get some fish and chips in a food-court. Then just walked around and found a street market where Robyn got some chocolate and some orange rum bread for breakfast tomorrow. A little rest at the hotel and then it was off to the Temple Bar district for drinks and revelry. I think [View Full Entry]

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This past weekend (11 July-13 July) a huge transition took place. My friend Laura and a bunch of other people that came during the same program left Ireland and returned to the states. My apartment where I live, Shanowen Square, has gone through a couple of different transitions, if you will. When I first arrived there was mostly Irish people living there who attended DCU (Dublin City University). Personally, in my flat in particular there were not any Irish people living there but one girl from the states and two german guys who all moved out within about two weeks or [View Full Entry]

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Robyn and I arrived in Dublin today and after a long layed-over flight from Amsterdam finally made it to our hotel. We rested a bit, showered and then went out for a bit of authentic Irish cuisine. We had a magnificent leg of lamb with all the types of potatos you could want (mashed, pealed with and without herbs), collard greens and carrots. All washed down with a beautifully poured guinness. Now we're going out for another drink. Cause that's what people do here! [View Full Entry]

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Ok so heres the first blog entry to see of this thing works! just finished packing and I've to be on the plane in 11 hrs!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaay just hope I can remember to keep this thing updated [View Full Entry]

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We're in Ireland!! Thursday I had it all planned out for us to leave on a train from London Euston to Holyhead wales. We departed at around 8, due to train delays (someone jumped in front of a train and killed themselves at a station, so they were all delayed.). We arrived in Wales at 12:45 am. We had a 2 hour layover, then we boarded this massive ferry (more like a cruise ship) for Dublin. It was a 3 hour ferry ride, of which we slept most of it on the couches in the lounge. Once we arrived it was [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, greetings from the cloudy and rainy island of Ireland. Chelsea and I are having fun in Dun Laoghaire (pronounced dun leery) and Dublin. We are staying in a cute B&B, painted mostly the color salmon pink, with creaky old beds and the most confusing shower I have ever use. I broke the controls the first time I tried to use it, the look on the owners face was of annoyed bemusement when I told him. Thanks to the Meier kids for their prayers for a good flight, we were given an upgrade to World Traveler Plus for free! That [View Full Entry]

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