Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 7

Flying to Europe from the East coast is so easy! Flight time is less than six hours, and it can be a direct flight; no long layovers wasting time walking through airports just waiting for the second or third flight to board. One stop when you're at the airport and that's it. Much less stress, and the likelihood of seeing your luggage again is infinitely increased. This must be part of the reason why more people from our part of the world don't visit Asia, or Africa, or China. Long air travel can be nerve-wracking. But going from BOS to DUB was simple, even somewhat enjoyable. My flight left Saturday night and arrived in Dublin early-ish this morning. I even slept a bit on the plane, always a pleasant surprise. My seatmates were quite peacefully friendly; ... read more

We made it! We left Saturday morning at 6. We travelled 9 hours by ca, made it through airline security and boarded a plNe for an overnight flight! We were tired, but arrived at 7 am Dublin time. (Around 2am for you guys) and hit the ground running. The most perilous part of the trip was Craig getting used to driving on the left side of the road in narrow city lanes and traffic, but he did it! Today was the Guinness store house and exploring Dublin. Guinness was a part of Craig’s long time bucket list goals! He loved it! We walked a lot in the city and saw lots of cool stuff! I am typing from my phone today , so I will mainly just post pics for today. Tomorrow we see ode of ... read more

Today we had a day off. This touristing thing can get tiring. After a nice calm night and relaxed morning we arrived in Dublin at around lunchtime, docking whilst we were at trivia (ahhh, we came last, or 6th as I prefer to call it). They docked our ship in the River Liffey, down a little ways from their troubles-scarred post office. We had lunch in The Restaurant and today they did a Mexican theme for entrees (quesadilla, wraps etc) but a chicken stir fry for our main. After lunch, everyone was going ashore, so we did our washing! And then had a two hour nap! We’ve been here twice before and we’re weighing up what we really wanted to do/see. We had a booking at La Terraza for dinner - at night it becomes the ... read more

I arrive back to Dublin from Belfast. As I was here already once before, and I got to look around, there was really only one more thing that I really wanted to do. I wanted to tour the Guinness factory, and to walk around in that area. With this day being my last, I wanted to make the most of it to the best of my ability. I settle into my hostel, and quickly make my way towards my destination. Not really sure how to get to the Guinness factory, I relied on a map to direct me. It was well within walking distance for me, as I am used to trudging several miles if need be. Weather permitting, this was my plan. Luckily it was not all that far. As I journeyed, all along the ... read more

Paddy slowed as we rounded a bend in the picturesque hedgerow lined laneway and stared reproachfully over his shoulder. His meaning was clear. "Do you really expect me to drag you AND that half tonne caravan up this hill??!!!" We dutifully alighted and led him up the incline, his slow but steady pace easy to match. Ev grumbled good naturedly that it should be called a horse drawn gypsy caravan WALKING tour as we had to hop down for each up or down hill stint! But we did not begrudge our sweet natured and placid draught horse the lightening of his load. We had all of us fallen hard for the chocolate horse with white fluffy socks and blaze and the deepest brown eyes - Katy was particularly besotted and carried handfulis of grass to him ... read more