Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 128

Omg the Irish Garfield.. Its not fair.. Why is there so much?! ... read more

Yeh CAl :P Stop telling stories! hehe.. Well here I am in the beautiful Emerald Isle, have liked what I've seen so far which pretty much consists of what I saw out of the plane window and in the taxi on the way here.. OMG You know that Damien Leith song (you know the guy who won Aussie Idol), it was playing on the radio on my taxi ride to my hostel, I said to the taxi driver, if he popular here and he was like who? hehe guess that answers me question, but yes Aussie Idol songs are played on the radio here, granted it might be cos the guy is Irish but who knows.. And OMG when I went through a booked hostels I specifically said private rooms with ensuites.. Guess what?! I got ... read more

We had a lecture this morning at Dublin City University about Ireland's economic turnaround in recent years and its future potential. The professor was very interesting and gave us a good understanding of where Dublin has come from, what it did during its "Celtic Tiger" economic turnaround, and where it needs to go in the future. The university treated us VERY well, serving us coffee, tea, and scones this morning during our lecture and then serving us a very good and very big lunch. Next, we went to Enterprise Ireland, which is a semi-state organization that helps small and medium Irish businesses develop and expand. Our last stop of the day was the Houses of Parliament (kind of boring, but some parts of the building were very pretty - unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures ... read more

Waking up the next morning on St. Patty's Day, I had high expectations as I was planning on heading out of town to meet a friend who lives in Dublin(Jenny), while Scott enjoyed the parade. We got up early enough and I was not able to contact my friend as her cell phone seemed off, so I went into town with Scott until I would get the train out. We ended up going to the main street and standing somewhere so we could get a glimpse of the parade(about 2 hours before it started). I continued calling numerous times to Jenny, but had no luck getting through and was still standing in the same place when the parade started at 12:30. First up after the officials and horses walked by was a bit shocking. West Des ... read more

Hello Ireland! Europe » Ireland » Dublin » Dublin By The Howard SistersApril 1st 2007Sarah Krissy and KellyAfter the longest night we arirved safely to Ireland "Happy Days" We stayed at Griffith College with a friend of kristen's, named Soren. Griffith is right in dublin. After getting no sleep from the airport and traveling the night before, we took showers and long naps soon as we got to soren's. Around dinner time we made our way into the city and ate dinner at the Hardrock Cafe for her roomate's 21st birthday. ... read more