http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ireland , County Dublin , Dublin en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 05:08:07 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 05:08:07 +0000 The luck of the Irish may exist but not when it comes to pub crawls. It is official I am not meant to do a pub crawl Itrsquos just not in the stars for me third attempt and third failed pub crawl. This time the problem wasnrsquot that our pub crawl no longer existed or was randomly shut down but that we were the only people on the pub crawlhellip..not fun The pub crawl was ldquosupp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-459175.html Monday November 30th 2009Dublin Ireland.I woke up around 2am and decided to do some picture editingjournal work. I thought it might be nice to have some noise other than my iPod so I tried the TV again. While the picture still wouldn't work the audio this time was My Name is Earl. So I listened to the one where Joy might go to prison. While more amusing than the Irish Talent Show to lis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-457273.html Sunday November 29th 2009Dublin Ireland.To say it's raining when I wake up is putting it mildly. I guess the West Coast of Ireland was actually flooding so Dublin was lucky and just very drenched. I decide that before taking off for the day I should recharge my camera batteries so I pull out my US to UK converter and plug that in. Then I plug in my battery recharger. It makes a funny qui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-457268.html Saturday November 28th 2009Dublin Ireland.Fog there's fog That's for my fellow Izzard fans. Flew into the kind of fog that you only see the ground about 10 seconds before you land. Nothing overly exciting at the airport but my brain made it exciting. The book that I was reading the past week and on the plane is about aliens coming in and implanting themselves in your brain. If you we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-457262.html Sausagefest and Turkey DayWhen I returned from Canada my roommate Karel informed me that he had finally decided that it is time for him to return home to Prague. He decided that he would leave towards the end of November and began looking for a new roommate for me. Within a couple of days of putting the add on the internet we found our new f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-454874.html The End is NearOnce again I have been very lazy about getting a new blog entry up. But I have some time today so I am going to type until my fingers fall off in hopes of covering everything that has happened over the last two months. So here we go...How does it happen that the first trip I take outside of Ireland brings me back to Canada http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-453168.html Made it to Dublin Got a late start from Edinburgh as they forgot our wakeup call but still had time to grab my starbucks mug and sample some whisky for breakfast. Bought a really nice one to take home. Just a quick plane ride from Edinburgh and we were blessed with some sun. Yeah We decided that with limited time to take a cab straight to the hotel before venturing around. We really made good u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-450538.html List of things on the To See agendaTemple BarTrinity College LibraryGuiness StorehouseGeneral Post OfficeNational Museum of Archaeology and HistorySt. Patrick's CathedralDublin CastleGlasnevin CemeteryMt Jerome Cemetery http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-448198.html Guinness Guinness and more Guinness.Oh yeah and I did some other stuff.Have had a few days here now and it is really nice. Been cold and wet but hey it's Ireland. Saw St Pauls Cathedral Dublin Castle the Spire Oscar Wildes house Gallery of Modern Art Custom House National Museum Temple Bar and of course the Guinness Storehouse. Also taken some time to relax a bit before pushing off. He http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-447054.html Bit tripped out after just getting back from Prague but wanted to do a St Pats Day in Dublin and figured we might be gone by this time next year.Staying opposite St Stephens Green we were here for one thing so no tourist stuff this trip Straight to the pub for the Guinness. Which is where we spent most of our time. Did make it to the street parade but it was packed and eventually wandered off http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-445805.html Roxie and I toured the Irish countryside by traveling to the Wicklow Hills and visiting Glendalough the valley of two lakes which is renowned for its early medieval monastic settlement founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century. The relics which remain are the gateway to the monastery a very small church the remains of a larger church floors walls a 98 foot high round tower that was probab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-445319.html Ladies and Gentlebugs another short blog... try to contain your sighs of relief...While Jo and Billy were on holidays we had a blast housesitting and catching up on our housekeeping. We walked the dogs along the beach everyday which was lovely as long as the weather was good. Which it sometimes was. Got a see a seal poking its little head up and watching the dogs and us with great scepticism w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-444739.html This time I did it a bit differently. Usually I show up at a new place and sort of float around the country until the options dry up or I get sick of staying in dorm rooms. But with Ireland I wanted to do it differently and I did. I guess I felt like since I got my Irish citizenship I owed it to my 'motherland' to pay her an extended visit. And so I decided to sublet a place in Dublin for the m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-444430.html Para ns acostumados s dimenses do Brasil a Europa mesmo um ovo. Viajei Irlanda e Gr Bretanha em menos de 20 dias tipo ldquoSo Paulo Sorocabardquo ...e sem pressa. sem dvida a maior vantagem de viver no velho continente.Comecei por Dublin pois j era fim de vero e arriscava congelamento se esperasse o outono. A cidade bastante fria chuvosa e cinza na maior parte do ano mas e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-443229.html EindelijkHet heeft een tijdje geduurd maar nu heb ik toch eindelijk wat tijd en inspiratie gevonden om een stukje te schrijven over mijn eerste 3 weken hier. Er kwam in die eerste paar weken zoveel op me af en er was zoveel dat hier nog geregeld moest worden dat ik me niet echt geroepen voelde om aan mijn Weblog te gaan beginnen. Maar goed nu zijn de colleges alweer een week bezig ben ik hie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-442587.html Dublin Ireland http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-442373.html Well we have come around full circle. We decided to ditch the camper and opt for a hotel to spend our last night in. Don't get me wrong... the camper was great but after three weeks it was starting to get a little uncomfortable. Yesterday we found ourselfs back in Howth again. It was nice since we were familiar with the area and they let you park out on the pier for free. We are staying http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-442361.html Our Dublin synagogue is sparsely furnished but has all the requisite parts. The wooden floor is worn the pews creak the prayer book has its usual heft. Most comforting are the faces I am introduced to Max wearing the face of my Uncle Buddy. Hillary is my Momrsquos friend Ethel. Together we flap the pages of our prayer books weave back and forth in prayer and song pretend that we are tunef http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-440967.html Snouts in the Trough screams the headline of the morning paper. Meanwhile we are more than comfortably settled in Dublin and have been told that Ireland is also struggling with this global recession. On the streets this is not apparent at least not judging from the hordes of shoppers and partygoers that we waded through last night. In our hotel room I am in a quandry which pillow should I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-439845.html I have two weeks left in Ireland as of today... Sometimes the enormity of what I'm about to undertake hits me like a slap across the face with a wet fish. Sometimes it's a goldfish sometimes it's a fuckin blue fin tuna. Now it's a tuna. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-439721.html