Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 134

This is, sadly, our last day here in Ireland. Yesterday we left Kilkenny very early in the morning to catch a bus back to Dublin. Kevin and Maggie departed onto another bus once we arrived, to take their plane back to the States. Amber and I were left to enjoy some late breakfast before pulling our luggage through the busy streets and sidewalks to find our hotel for the last two nights. The streets here are like what (I can only imagine) New York's are like: incredibly busy with many people dressed up rather businesslike, with herds of people crossing at every intersection. Well, there are some differences, like the fact that everyone here is very friendly, and even vehicles will stop well short of the line to let you know that you in fact have ... read more

So, I finally made it to Ireland and it was an amazing, amazing weekend. I went with Mandy, Nora, and Ashley and we stayed with Colleen Lynch (friend from high school) in her on campus apartment at University College Dublin. It was great to have a FREE place to stay for the weekend, although I’ve stayed at a hostel that was cleaner than her apartment. Sorry Colleen, but it’s true!! Anyways, we landed in Dublin and when got off the plane, it was absolutely FREEZING. I don’t think I’ve ever been in weather that cold…I thought I was literally going to freeze to death. Haha. Anyways, so we catch a bus to O’Connell Street and luckily enough, Colleen was just across the street from us. So, we met up with her and she took us to ... read more

arriving yesterday the sun was out and the weather beautiful. a bus into the city. and the job of finding a place to stay. so after not sleeping in almost 26 hours we found a hostel that had room to take us. there is a big rugby game here this weekend and everything was booked. thankfully enough there was 2 cancellations and 50 euro for the both of us. we went walking down the main st here called henry and it changes into mary st. a lot of shopping, we decided to keep notes on some of the places as we haave to come back to dublin later we may as well pick up the odd things we found then. so going to bed last night at 7pm and up at 3 am. i am still ... read more

Okay people, I haven’t done one of these in a while so I’m taking you back to the 17th of November. This was the weekend that almost sent me broke. But it was one hell of a weekend. The weekend starts with me moving back to the Piccadilly back packers in Piccadilly Circus. This is where I met 4 Swedish guys. Hey don’t ask me there names, I could barely remember mine at the end of the night. And after a quick feed at the local way over priced Indian restaurant, we walked into the Soho red light district. Why I hear you ask? Why not, because they tell me that in Sweden you don’t have areas like these. Hey who am I to argue. Never been there myself. After an hour or so the guys ... read more

We have returned from Ireland and might I say....had an absolute ball. Apart from both suffering from severe head colds, we managed to drag ourselves out of our warm hotel every now and then for a quick peak at Dublin. Well, you've probably heard, Irelands got nothing on Scotland as far as beauty, but if you ask me, the Irish food, is the best we've had since we left home, and Dublin would have to be the only city we've come across in Europe to even slightly remind us of home. And, just incase you were wondering, the rumour is absolutely true.......you cannot walk from one side of dublin to the other without passing a pub! The people are the friendliest and consider 'drinking' a national sport (there's even beer in the good ole Irish stew....mmm ... read more