Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 130

My longest weekend away from Bilbao was this past weekend, where I spent 5 days in Ireland. I left after class on Thursday morning and met Ryan, who had been there the whole week for his spring break, in Dublin. We stayed with some of his distant relatives who were kind enough to house us and feed us and sit down with us for more afternoon teas than I've ever had before! My first full day in Ireland was Friday. We had an early start every day to see as much as possible. Today, we went took a train to the city center from where we stayed in Booterstown, and went walking from there. Our first stop was Dublin Castle, which we didn't have time to take a tour of, so we just admired the ... read more

St Paddy’s was yesterday as really feeling the effect of the night at the moment, well actually feeling the effects of the whole 5 days I've been here. I have found out it really is true, it is impossible to walk past an Irish pub and not feel the welcome feeling they give out. And with a pub every twenty meters or so can take a long time to get from a to b. The luck of the Irish has rubbed of on me the past few days I think as well been very lucky with the time I have been here! It started over in London when I was checking in for my flight over here to Dublin and for some reason they couldn't find my ticket on the screen so that was a disaster ... read more

To DublinRachel Elizabeth We flew into Dublin late on Saturday. It was raining and the cold bit right through the hat to my ears. It didn't help that one of my two travelling companions was not in the best of moods due to the fact that the wine he had bought at a gift shop earlier that day in Leeds had broken in his luggage and soaked all his clothes. The stewardess on the ryanair had also been a bit pissy and had made sure for the ten minutes that I was not asleep that I knew she was unhappy. The hotel staff didn't seem overly aggiated though. That is, until my aforementioned travelling companion made his laundry problem their problem. I'm not sure how many dry cleaners they called and how many house keepers they ... read more

what a massive day in Ireland. there are so many people here! we are totally hung over and tired after our big one in temple bar, but we made it uo in time to head down to the parade. but, couldn't see a thing. all the streets are blocked off and no one is allowed through for any reason. so we did it like the locals and went to the pub to watch it on the big screen. the parade was huge and went for about 2 hours, there was floats about the vikings and the celts and irish dancers and everything. it really was fantastic to watch. then we went to a pub called The Arlington. this pub was massive! it was two levels and the bottom had irish music and dancers, while upstairs ... read more

Ok Dazza, this is the last time I’m gunna swing you around! I’m having enough trouble standing before I hellicopter you around the pub, letalone after! We (me n louy, kiwi chick) where in a local pub in temple bar area, hangin with Dazza (a 6 year old local) and his parents and gettin the craic on St pats day. I’d booked a 4 day St pats tour and because all the u pikers didn’t come it was a solo mish. But as soon as I got on 1 of the 2 full buses loaded with aussies, kiwis & saffas, I had bulk new mates. Everyone boozed it up on the bus and then the ferry, we got to the hostel in dub that nite. Got sorted then went to a pub & watched a ... read more