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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 17th 2006

A pretty lazy Sunday morning, when we finally got up, we decided to take a drive into the countryside and go to a place called Trim. Kenji had to return a DVD to a guy who he worked with, and it proved a bit of a mission trying to find this guys place. The road signs in Ireland are abysmal, that’s if there are any. At one point we came to a junction where there were four possible turnoffs, but it only became clearer as you tried to drive down them that they were one way, so we had to back track a few times, to find the correct turnoff. We did end up finding the guys place and also Trim Castle, Ireland’s biggest castle, which was built in the 12th century. It was used in ... read more
Kenji & I
Trim Castle
Trim Castle Keep

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 16th 2006

Woke up and spent the day relaxing, reading, playing soccer in the backyard, watching some music videos, and then got back on the hooligan juice. We trained into town at night and were walking into town, when I didn’t see a raise in the concrete and pretty much face planted, lucky there weren’t too many people around to see it, Kenji was laughing his ass off. We went back to the Temple Bar, and found a pub to our liking. It was crazy busy as it was a Saturday. We started talking to a couple of local girls, (Lyndsay & Christine) who we ended up meeting up with later on. Before we met up with them again we saw some bizarre sights, whilst walking down the road we saw two girls having a fight which had ... read more
The Kenji Taka Haka

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 15th 2006

So dawned our last full day in Ireland (sniff sniff). Jenn and I didn’t have to catch our bus to Dublin til 11:30, so we lazed around this morning, trying to get some food into our hungover bodies and listening to some Counting Crows while we packed up and got ready to head out. We called a cab to take us to the bus/rail station - this cab only cost us 4 euros, and the one the night before that had taken us a much shorter distance had cost 7 euros. Hmmm. We had a bit of a wait at the station, but boarded our last bus of the trip to Dublin, with help from some French guys also travelling on the bus. They eagerly put our luggage in the storage under the bus for us, ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 15th 2006

I got into Dublin at around midnight, and met up with Kenji. It was great to catch up seeing I hadn’t seen him for a couple of years. Was excellent to reminisce about uni, soccer and all the crazy stuff we used to get up to when flatting together. He is working as a field engineer at Intel in Leixlip, just out of Dublin. Leixlip is where the original Guinness factory was, apart from that it’s pretty small. He is staying at a Bed & Breakfast and was able to get me a room for 50 Euros for the week. That first day, he was working because it was a Friday so I had a decent sleep in and then did a massive load of washing. He came home for lunch so we went to the ... read more
Kenji in front of Intel
Irish countryside
Dublin spire

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 14th 2006

Back from my 10-day All-Ireland Paddywagon trip, and it was a bit of an up-and-down kind of affair. Unlike in Scotland, our tour bus was huge - being end of season they were combining the 3, 6 and 10 day tours together so we ended up with almost 30 people on board. Not the most condusive to getting to know people, especially when half the people you befriend end up leaving the trip a few days down the road. Our first tour guide, Joe, was spectacularly bad. He was completely uninterested in giving us any information, herding us in and out of the bus like one of those 'follow-the-red-umbrella' tours. I later learned it was because his wife had caught him out cheating and he was having a bit of a rough time at home. And ... read more
Derry
Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 14th 2006

Deedle-ee-dee in Dublin - Having a great time in Ireland...Josh and i never cease to be amazed at all the rich history all across the UK... A few days ago we left good ol' land of the Scots, but not before trying some Haggis, Neeps and Tatties...sheep innerds, boiled in sheep stomach, with turnips and mashed tatters. hmm...at least we can say we had it. We had a quick flight over to Ireland and found our lovely little b & b without too much trouble...love the Irish hospitality. Our host's husband greeted us smelling of a wee bit o' Guiness talking of his sailin' on the 'roof' seas (i think that meant rough seas) and called us both Fella's. hmmm...very very nice though. The next day we were out nice and early to see the Dublin ... read more
scotland
scotland
scotland

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 11th 2006

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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 11th 2006

We decided to make the move from our original accommodation into a place we (and Danny) could call our own. After dozens of fruitless phone calls and looking at flats in basements that were roughly the size of shoeboxes we found our dream home on the top floor of an apartment block that is a lot closer to the city, the train, and bus routes. The place wasn't advertised with a sea view, but if you look close enough on a clear day you can see about 2mm of the ocean between two buildings! The beach is about 5 mins walk away and we are literally over the back fence from the cricket club - now that the season is drawing to a close we move as close to it as possible! We had only been ... read more
Kitchen 1
Other end of kitchen
Lounge

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin September 9th 2006

Wow. That's all I can say. Yesterday we had all our orientation for the Quinn school, and I am walking on air right now. When I came, I was hoping that i'd have decent classes at least, and maybe if I was lucky have monday or friday off to facilitate my travelling desires. It turns out that I have all of my first choice classes because they gave all the American students priority. The classes are- Globalisation Business Law Entrepreneurial Management and International Business I'm incredibly excited because every single one of those classes I really wanted to take. Although class periods are 3 hours apiece, which might turn out to be a bit draining, i've got the most amazing schedule. I have NO class monday OR friday. The luck i've got is just completely flabbergasting, ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin September 7th 2006

Most Importantly though! I forgot that I saw Lewis Black yesterday. Of all things, I show up at UCD and there is a free Lewis black show that evening. He did a great political bit for about half an hour, then performed absolutely spectacularly in a Q&A session. The best part though was the surreal setting. I was in a room with about 40 people, max, listening to lewis black! A venue like that with a celebrity like his is so incredibly rare. But it was certainly cool. That wouldn't be enough to warrant a post though, I've finally got internet in my apartment. Here we go, i'm starting my picture collection! ciao!... read more




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