Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 142

We reached the final destination of our original journey when we landed at Dublin airport early Sunday morning to be greeted by Danny (friend from NZ) and also by the worst weather we had encountered for quite a long time, there were strong winds, rain and it was bloody cold. We were slightly concerned that this was an Irish "summer". However, later in the day it cleared up a little and stopped raining long enough for Danny to play a game of cricket. We spent the day watching the cricket and saw the world cup final at the cricket club before heading to our new abode in Blackrock. We are staying in a semi-detached three bedroom house with our landlords next door. We are both playing cricket for a local club, Pembroke. In the first week ... read more

Tempus Fugit meaning "Time Flies" seen under a clock in last night's pub. Hello from Dublin! Wanted everyone to know we made it safely and catch you up on what we have been doing. We left Tucson Monday night (June 26th) after a warm send off and a birthday celebration for Marina. With the storage unit filled to the rim and all our legalities in order (thanks to Dad and Marline) we drove away waiving to the home I've lived in for nine years. We stayed the night in a hotel by the Phoenix airport and made the poor decision of a few too many toasts to our trip in the downstairs bar. Didn't end up in bed until after midnight and had to be up at 4 AM to catch the shuttle to the airport. ... read more

Hello my fellow travelers! This is the third of four posts about my trip to Ireland with Uffe in 2006. For our third day in Dublin we decided to head to an area known as the Temple Bar which is a lively area filled with bars and other cultural establishments in the center of Dublin. While me and Uffe had certainly spent quite some time in pubs so far on this trip, this day would up that quite a few notches. We started our day in style with a couple of pints at the Oliver St. John Gogarty Bar, a beautiful bar and restaurant all clad in a bright green color that really felt Irish to me. It was a very lovely place but after a couple of pints we decided to continue on and went ... read more

Hello my fellow travelers! This is the first of four posts I'll make about a trip I did to Ireland together with my friend Ulf (called Uffe) in June 2006. As my parents and my uncle had decided not to make any more family trips I knew I had to take matters into my own hands. That made this the first ever trip that I planned on my own, a new experience in and off itself. We booked our flights out of Gothenburg, the nearest city to my friend Uffe's home in Trollhättan så I went to him the day before so that we could go to the airport together. However, we noticed that night that Uffe had, in his usual fashion, forgotten to check on his passport which had expired. So, our first order of ... read more

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