Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 135

So, I finally made it to Ireland and it was an amazing, amazing weekend. I went with Mandy, Nora, and Ashley and we stayed with Colleen Lynch (friend from high school) in her on campus apartment at University College Dublin. It was great to have a FREE place to stay for the weekend, although I’ve stayed at a hostel that was cleaner than her apartment. Sorry Colleen, but it’s true!! Anyways, we landed in Dublin and when got off the plane, it was absolutely FREEZING. I don’t think I’ve ever been in weather that cold…I thought I was literally going to freeze to death. Haha. Anyways, so we catch a bus to O’Connell Street and luckily enough, Colleen was just across the street from us. So, we met up with her and she took us to ... read more

arriving yesterday the sun was out and the weather beautiful. a bus into the city. and the job of finding a place to stay. so after not sleeping in almost 26 hours we found a hostel that had room to take us. there is a big rugby game here this weekend and everything was booked. thankfully enough there was 2 cancellations and 50 euro for the both of us. we went walking down the main st here called henry and it changes into mary st. a lot of shopping, we decided to keep notes on some of the places as we haave to come back to dublin later we may as well pick up the odd things we found then. so going to bed last night at 7pm and up at 3 am. i am still ... read more

Okay people, I haven’t done one of these in a while so I’m taking you back to the 17th of November. This was the weekend that almost sent me broke. But it was one hell of a weekend. The weekend starts with me moving back to the Piccadilly back packers in Piccadilly Circus. This is where I met 4 Swedish guys. Hey don’t ask me there names, I could barely remember mine at the end of the night. And after a quick feed at the local way over priced Indian restaurant, we walked into the Soho red light district. Why I hear you ask? Why not, because they tell me that in Sweden you don’t have areas like these. Hey who am I to argue. Never been there myself. After an hour or so the guys ... read more

We have returned from Ireland and might I say....had an absolute ball. Apart from both suffering from severe head colds, we managed to drag ourselves out of our warm hotel every now and then for a quick peak at Dublin. Well, you've probably heard, Irelands got nothing on Scotland as far as beauty, but if you ask me, the Irish food, is the best we've had since we left home, and Dublin would have to be the only city we've come across in Europe to even slightly remind us of home. And, just incase you were wondering, the rumour is absolutely true.......you cannot walk from one side of dublin to the other without passing a pub! The people are the friendliest and consider 'drinking' a national sport (there's even beer in the good ole Irish stew....mmm ... read more

I have landed in Dublin, Ireland. This country is probably mostly known for its rolling green countryside, amazing seacliffs, and general beauty of the land. Ya, well I didn't get to see any of that. Mostly because I just stayed in Dublin the entire time. And had a blast doing it. I did see the greenness from the plane though. Nice. Ended up staying with Katie's step-brother, Sean and his partner Annette. Both really cool people and very lay back. There was an Italian girl staying with them too, so it was like I was staying in a very exclusive hostel. I was a bit tenative about staying with them, seeing as I really didn't know them. But it all turned out for the best. We got along fine, and you know what? Turns out Sean ... read more