Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 93

I've finally arrived. I got maybe 4 hours of sleep on the flight. When I sat down, I had the middle row of 4 to myself. But then soon after take-off, some lady put her 8ish year old son to sleep in the 2 seats on the other end, so I had to manage to get comfy (ei. cramped) in 2 seats to try to sleep. I was exhausted at that point from walking around NYC all day and I don't have anywhere to sleep here in Dublin, so I really had to manage to get some sleep on the plane. In a couple of hours, I'm going to hop on a train to Tralee (West coast), stay the night there, and then head to Dingle (Peninsula) tomorrow morning. I'm spending about 3 days in Dingle ... read more

Ireland - Dublin & Bru Na Boinne Wednesday 26th - Friday 27th March Up early today...the bus left Doolin for Dublin at 8am. We are looking forward to seeing Dublin properly, as we only had a quick look when we flew in from London and went straight down to Kilkenny. Its a 5 hour trip, with stops in a few places along the way - there are so many picturesque towns and villages on The Burren, all full of charm and character.... its the kind of place you could just stay for weeks and spend your time exploring. Anyway the trip was good, Reagan and I slept for a lot of it and we rolled into Dublin just after 2pm. Its big! We grabbed a cab from the bus station over to Avalon House, which is ... read more

Even though the excitement in and around Aalborg has been at an all time high, I decided to broaden my horizens and discover the beauties of Ireland... during St Patricks Day. I assumed a couple of things before I made it to Ireland. One that it would be all horse drawn carts and swords and castles and such. Two that everyone drank Guinness alot and it was constantly rainy. Three that I would be able to use my credit card anywhere. If you don't know, credit cards don't work in Denmark, because intrest rates are covered by the government. I was halfway right. For one, it rained only twice during my seven days, and whereas I saw the castles and carts, they haven't been used for a few years. Apparently I missed the hey day. I ... read more

An interesting fact about travelling between the UK and Ireland that I thought I would share (some people will find this more interesting than others). When I left Ireland my passport never got checked by Irish Customs at all. I used a self-service kiosk to get my boarding pass and because I only had hand luggage never even presented my passport to the airline. When I went through security I handed both my passport and my boarding pass over to the security dude but he only checked the boarding pass. When I boarded the plane they did look to make sure the names matched - between my boarding pass and my passport. But that was it. At the time I thought it was a little odd but figured UK Customs would look at it so it ... read more

A Weekend in Dublin Sometimes I forget how small Edinburgh actually is, but being in Dublin definitely reminded me of that. The city was crowded and very urban, but nonetheless interesting, and above all, I got to see two of my friends from Claremont McKenna. Day 1: Saturday An Airport Adventure The trip didn't get off to a very good start: the plane was significantly delayed. Everyone was getting nervous at first, the boarding time had passed and soon the take-off time as well, and still, there was no plane outside our window. Eventually, we were informed that our plane had landed at a different terminal but had to refuel, so we would be boarding after that. Therefore, after about three hours in the airport (having arrived two hours early for an international flight and ... read more