Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 133

Well what a start to the year....After 15 long years of having the worst New Years Eve experiences in history, Ireland showed me a cracker. God I love this country. Mimi and myself decided to see in the Australian Time Zone New year with a night at the Arlington. Went out with some girls on tour and some of our favourite full timers. Rather large evening and was not keen to do it all again for the Irish New Year. We headed over to our local the Celt about 11.30pm and was expecting to see the new year in and go home. This was not to be, a few bulmers later, Betty and the band cranking out some of our favourite traditional tunes, the night seemed to fly by, 2am came along and it was well ... read more

So, it has been another long wait between blogs. I have been incredibly busy here in Glasgow. I just finished a 3000 word paper, and am working on another one at the moment. A lot has happened since my last post, most importantly being the visit of my dad, sister, brother-in-law, and cousin!! My dad and Jamie arrived November 7th with just enough time left in the night to go out and have a few pints and a few whiskies with my friends Jet, and Bernd. It was a great introduction to Scotland for them!!! Bernd enjoys whisky, but it was actually Jets first time to drink it. He said that the Chinese had to show their respect by drinking the same drink as their elder, and drinking as much as they do. Needless to say, ... read more

Here I am in Dublin. Arrived safely and was met at the airport by Richard. Spent the first day in bed recovering from the flu and eating soup. The second day Richard and I took the bus downtown to meet Morgan, Nico, and Renee who were also visiting for New Years. We had our first Irish pub food for lunch and the men had a pint of Guinness. Later we met up with James and Melissa at their home. James is a graduate of Carleton School of Architecture a few years ahead of us. He and Richard worked together at CIMS and he and his wife Melissa moved to Dublin in the fall. They spent most of the week with us touring Dublin as they hadn't seen many of the sights yet. Over the next few ... read more

Ma dernière visite à Dublin a été la plus célèbre université de l'île: Trinity College. La cours est impressionnante mais les étudiants n'ont pas l'air de s'en rendre compte. Au fin fond de la cours, au détour de quelques bâtiments, on trouve le musée où est entreposé le "Book of Kells". Extrait de Wikipedia: "Le Livre de Kells (Book of Kells en anglais; Leabhar Cheanannais en irlandais), également connu sous le nom de Grand Évangéliaire de saint Colomba, est un manuscrit illustré de motifs ornementaux et réalisé par des moines celtiques vers l’an 800. Chef d'œuvre du christianisme irlandais et de l'art irlando-saxon, il constitue malgré son inachèvement l’un des plus somptueux manuscrits enluminés ayant pu survivre à l’époque du Moyen Âge. En raison de sa grande beauté et de l’excellence technique de sa finition, le ... read more

Nous avons eu le droit a une petite initiation a la dance traditionnelle Irlandaise. La prof etait juste la championne... Petite video pour vous mettre dans l'ambiance.... read more