Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 116

Hello my fellow travelers! This is the second of four posts about my trip to Ireland with Uffe in 2006. For our second day in Dublin we decided to just walk around the city and take in the sights as Dublin is a very beautiful city with a lot of historic sites to visit. So with a classical old map in hand we set out to try and navigate Dublin with our first site being the old Grattan Bridge. It was originally built as the Essex Bridge in 1676, then rebuilt in 1755 and then finally rebuilt again as the Grattan Bridge in 1872. From the bridge we headed up to the Christ Church Cathedral and the adjacent museum Dublinia. The cathedral is the oldest of the two medieval cathedrals in Dublin and was built around ... read more

Day 21, Monday, June 12: Edinburgh to Birmingham Got up in the morning and did one last wander through of Edinburgh, before heading to the train for Birmingham. The 4 hour train ride was beautiful even with the impending storm (before this, the weather had been incredible). I got to Birmingham at about 4:30, knowing I would have to hang out at the train station as Kat had to work until 5-5:30.. When 6:30 came around, I decided to call and found out she got stuck at work, so here mom came all the way out to pick me up. We headed to a local pub for a couple of beers and then off to Kat's parents place, where we were cooked a nice steak. Kat and I caught up and then off to bed (seperately, ... read more

Think you're a dedicated drinker? Are you dedicated enough to wake up every morning and drink Irish coffee? -- three at a time -- in a row. How about, are you willing to commit yourself to step dancing wasted for seven hours on a hard-wood floor, waking up with shin splints and doing it all over again? ... Yeah? Well what are you waiting for -- get your ass to Dublin! That was my little advertisement. A high alcohol tolerance helped me survive Dublin -- that and some common sense. Stay at Barnacles Temple Bar hostel. It's on Temple Lane, a cobblestone road in the heart of the Temple Bar district, Dublin's cultural center. Barnacles is two doors from the famous Temple Bar -- a very touristy bar, but a fun bar nonetheless. (I'm going to ... read more

We finally arrived in Dublin, we are staying on a very busy street and we are staying at the Kinlay House another hostel. it is not the cleanest place, but it will do... Jen, Bev, Me, Dvora, Zach, and jeff are sharing a room, there are 3 bunkbeds, and the shower is disgusting, but its doable. Today we decided to get around and look at the city. We did this hop on hop off type tour. It bring you all around dublin in a double decker, and at each stop you can get off, and just go back to the station and hop back on and it picks u up again to go to ur next tourist place. It was very nice because u can hop off and eat lunch and get back on. It was ... read more

Dublin - 1 Week I spent a week with a friend of mine who I travelled with in South America. I used the week to walk around the city and see the usual array of nice looking buildings that european cities have, I went to see a gaelic football match which I think was more exciting than normal football, I worked hal a day posting leaflets through letter boxes and I drank silly amounts of guiness. A cool week... read more