http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ireland , County Dublin , Dublin en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:32:05 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:32:05 UTC Here is the first entry into the world of blogging. I am on the count down to my six week jaunt around Kerala Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. So looking forward to feeling the sun on my Northern European sun starved skin and seeing the wonderful warm smiles of the Indian people again. It still feels mad that I was looking out my summer clothes with the central heating on full blast last night.More deta http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-350617.html so here you go guys FINALLY my pictures from Dublin in Ireland http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-350334.html Taking a walk the weekend after Thanksgiving there was none. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-349608.html Dale and I both got friday off work and flew to Ireland to see the All Blacks play Ireland. As soon as we got into town we headed straight to the Guinness brewery. The brewery was set out well and it was great to see how Guinness was developed into such a unique tasting beer. At the top of the brewery was a bar with 360 degree views of Dublin which was great so we sat with our free beer and had a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-347906.html THURSDAY November 20 2008Got done with school booked Sensation White tickets huuugeeee rave in Europe... first time it came to Madrid... big deal and then got stuff done before the group trip to DublinWent to this store FNAC to pick up the tickets got Evan and I the Pablo neruda book we have to read for lit hispanoamericana camera shopped and found a great new camera yay on that. then http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-347898.html A day of Vikings a Perfect Red Dress and Joren's introduction into SlaveryMonday morning we woke around 9 packed and hauled our bags across town to the train station. Times like these you wished you had packed less. After our last voyage with Ireland's public transit we decided to get Caroline some travel sickness meds. When they kicked in she basically was incapacitated for the next 3 hours ma http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-347827.html Is it odd that in a city of such intriguing architecture viking history and literary importance the first monument I want to see in Dublin is one erected in 2005 of the great rock God Phil Lynott Call me crazy but that's going to be awesome. So far in Dublin we have checked in and slept from 2pm to 8pm. Woke up took a shower walked around a few and ate Chinese food. Something seems out of plac http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-346729.html London to Amesburry England Amesburry to Salisbury Salisbury to Dublin. Yesterday or two days ago not counting a full 24 day of traveling we saw the ancient ruins of Stonehenge. We stayed in a beautiful little hostel in a small English town called Amesburry. When doing research for areas to stay near the Henge the Rare Breeds Farm was listed as a small affordable place to say close to Stoneh http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-346727.html So it's taken a little while but I just finished packing up my stuff for Greece so I decided I better write about Ireland before I leave again.We left Thursday night from Gatwick Airport which was a lot smaller than Heathrow and we had a lovely dinner at an AmericanItalian place. I had really good spaghetti although it made me a feel a little sick later. When we got into Dublin it was prett http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-346724.html From now on when your girlfriend talks shit to you or won't stop bugging you just say the simple phrase Shut up that honky voodoo.We went to the Galway races yesterday. Though i didn't drink i missed the Liverpool vs Chelsea match and Tara tried to poison me with a hot meat sandwhich it's not a sexual thing it's actually a dry meat cabbage and butter sandwich i still had a blast. It's http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-344877.html I must be getting old Only a week of guinness indulgence and i'm ready for a break from the drink. It's been a good week the usual amount of pubs and bars and an a huge amount of guinness in fact I figured I had 16 pints on Friday. Ugh the kidneysliverbladder can't be happy with me right now. It's been great to see all the folks here all the new babies and the old babies are now kids http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-344074.html Well it's back for me anyway. Amanda's first time here. We went to the Guinness Storehouse yesterday of course and are taking it easy today. Tomorrow we fly home.Let's see from Mostar Herzegovina we went to Dubrovnik Croatia and spent two days there. We took the overnight ferry up the Dalmatian coast to Rejeka and spent part of the day there before getting on the train to Ljubljana Slo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-342878.html Yesterday I spend the majority of the day in town working on my plans for hitting the continent. Unfortunately the plan of buying a car will probably not come to fruition due to problems registerring it. It just happenned that the owner of the used car company that i was looking at is from Dublin so the second i mentioned i was here drinking guinness he openned up and spilt all his informatio http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-342557.html Hi everybody Due to reasons which will be later explained I wasn't able to get this entry off before this weekend so you'll have more than one entry clogging up your mailbox if I can get my act together. As a side note the pale is the area of and just around Dublin. The expression beyond the pale referred originally to those Wild Irish that the English occupiers of Dublin were not too thr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-341934.html I arrived without a hitch a relatively easy time flying considering that i had a seat which folded flat into a bed more alcohol than I needed and a belly full of saltspring island goat cheese lamb shank ossobuco and nicely grilled arctic char.Darren was there to meet me at the airport smile and hug at the ready. Straight to the pub 2 Guinness and a traditional 'farm bake' and i was totall http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-341889.html well helloso im sitting here perched at a computer screen with a carlsburg to my left in our hostel in Dublin. its now the wee hours of the fifth of november and unlike the rest of you all im going to bed not knowing the results of our US election. i have to say.. its pretty interesting just how equally interested the rest of the world is in our elections. despite all of the crap that ive http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-341733.html Dublin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-341681.html Hey Everyone Fall is coming to a close here in Oxford. Some of the trees are so beautiful and majestic this time of year. Looking out our back window there are several trees that bask in the sunlight with red orange and yellow colors as their trunks twist curl turn around each other to almost 50 feet high. But it is quite cold here and of course off and on rainy. I can't be http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-340554.html Hello again We are back with another installment from our traveling adventures We returned late last night from a four day excursion to Ireland. Ireland is a very beautiful country with lots of greenery and wonderful rolling hills and countryside. We experienced all sorts of weather It was quite cold but we got some sunshine as well as rain and snow We started our adventure at 3am on Tuesday http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-340531.html This entry is over a month too late but I'm putting it in anyway. For fall break my friends and I traveled to Dublin and London for a week. This midsemester break came at a perfect time because we were all pretty tired of Oslo and anything to do with Norway. We flew on RyanAir the megabus for the skies and arrived at our hostel that was right along the river near the temple bar neighborhood. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-340244.html this last week i spent in scotland with the fam hanging out with aunties and uncles that i haven't seen for almost 12 yearsi spent a day in Edinburgh with uncle derek and eaddie which was humorous as according to him i knew how to get to the shuttle bus better than he and i had been to edinburgh once....he lives there obviouslyso we get on the shuttle bus and eaddie mentions to derek that the bus http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-340037.html This is going to be a quick entry because I am sitting in an internet cafe with some really stinky people. My best friend Lauren came to London on Monday to visit I can share stories about the past few days with her later and we left this morning for Dublin. Our hostel is called ''Abbey Court'' how appropriate. It's in a great location We are sharing a room with 8 other people...I'll let http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-340019.html Fact Matthew McConaughey knows how to Irish danceI traveled to Dublin Ireland on September 18th with six other girls. yikes. Traveling with that many girls turned out okay... haha Anyway we flew to Dublin and got to our hostel Litton Lane. The seven of us stayed in a 10 person room. One of the beds was occupied by a Turkish man who wore striped pajamas... interesting. There was also one other http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-338881.html Today isn't the greatest day. I'm sure it's a combination of the tour ending separation anxiety falling sick AGAIN and a little bit of money anxiety. I'm fairly furious that I'm sick for the second time this trip I'm usually able to only be sick once a YEAR. The good thing is that I'm here among friends at the hostel because today's one of those rare days that I don't want to be alone. I'l http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-338582.html ForecastRain with outbreaks of heavy drizzlefollowed by long periods of low cloud poor visibility and downpoursOutlook wetha Welcome to Ireland. We have arrived.Not hard to get up and out of the Heathrow Hilton Terminal 4 this morning. A beautiful modern hotel but the rooms and everything in them a bit small. Very narrow twin beds on WHEELS with thin white covers like a gurney adds a nic http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-338511.html Well lads and lassies.... Just want to start by saying thank you all so much for your generosity gifts kind words and company over the last few weeks. It's time for me to begin my big adventure with Colin Fiona and James. I've decided to set this up and blog every once in a while about my travels. I hope you enjoy and do leave comments For the time being I shall leave you all with my favou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-337718.html As I'm running in my boots that have heels I see Grant slipping around the corner. I've decided that with Grant and I getting to the airport is like a sport. We have all the necessary gear to get us a win but we somehow always manage to be losing to the other team time. I'll fast forward and let you know that we ran about a mile to the bus stop a necessary mode of transport to get us to t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-336982.html HiyaAutumn really kicked off now so a great day to set up our blog in English Dutch on which Gill I Joost are gonna post our adventures in South America for the next 10 months. Everything pretty much organised and as December comes closer every day the excitement starts to grow more and more. Tickets insurance vaccinations are bookedtaken gear has been bought. Jobs rent other servi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-336125.html