Blogs from Ireland, Europe - page 330

We got wild in Wicklow. Well, we actually just took a tour bus there, but our tour bus was called Wild in Wicklow, ha. The first picture is a random of me and the girls that I intern with. They're both awesome, Laura from CT and Andrea is from FL. Interning at Geary Institute is now 5,000 times better with them with me. Once we met eachother we went out on the town and that's a picture from that evening! yay. Back to Wicklow...it's a smaller town about an hour south of Dublin--so still on the eastern part of the country. It was extremely beautiful, of course. This county was also where the movie "P.S. I love you" was filmed...so I was secretly looking for Gerry (or a guy that looked like Gerry) to bring back ... read more

Wow! What a day today was. I went exploring in my little rental car (that unfortunately didn't have aircon) and the weather was amazing. Not accustomed to intense sunshine in June, it was magnificent as I drove around. I left Crosshaven at 10am and drove toward Cork city and through a tunnel under the harbor and Eastward to a little village called castlemarter. There I turned right and ended up at a beach called Garyyvoe. Intending to stay for about an hour, I went for swim (deceptively cold compared to the air temp). Then I lay down on the sand for half an hour and woke up at 3pm. I think my body clock is still in Oz. Not content with being a little sunburnt, I headed further eastward through Bally-Coton to youghal. A cool little ... read more

Our experience in Dublin was about this quick... 1) Huge needle in the sky, we were told it was the Biggest building in Europe... but actually only in Dublin city center. 2) We saw Anna Freedman, which was awesome, eventhough she was our bartender. 3) Beer at noon. 4) On one hour of sleep and won't sleep til Paris. (about 30 hours from DC to Paris with 1 hour of sleep). 5) No leprecans.... read more

Yesterday I * walked around (mostly because museums and such were closed when I arrived) * for several minutes, chatted with a garbage man who - knew that Helsinki is the capital of Finland, but couldn't remember Stockholm - doesn't think he'd like having a lip ring - should consider opening a tourist information centre * couldn't understand how to get the key card system in hostel to work (locks seriously dislike me!), here's hoping I'll manage today * was really annoyed at one girl in the dorm who didn't whisper when people tried to sleep, and accordingly lost one of my earplugs, and realized my ears are too small for them anyway * took loads of photos of buildings. So pretty! * came across soooo many Finns (all of them probably took the same plane ... read more

My cousin Daniel came to visit me in London and we decided to take a couple of little weekend mini-breaks away. Our first weekend away was to Ireland (Dublin) and we had such a great time!! It may have taken us a good hour and a half of aimlessly walking the streets to try and find our hostel, but it was totally worth it to be able to experience Guinness in Ireland!! And yes, I did spend most of my time wondering where the lepricorns lived and where I could find one (or catch one), but I also got to experience a cute little country that very patriotic and green. Up early Saturday morning to board a coach for a trip around the land. It was a full day drive, and I am guilty for falling ... read more

G'day Ireland, I arrived in Ireland on Sunday June 8. Arriving in Cork Airport at 10am after a 4 hour 'connection' in London heathrow, I was amazed at the difference. Cork Airport is a very small Airport with a terminal building that should be at a large airport.....hence you get through in minutes, no crowds, no hassle. Makes Heathrow look like a zoo. I met my mate John who has been in Ireland for 3 years and he drove me to Crosshaven where he lives right now. We went directly to a pub in the middle of the village called cronins . We mwt up with some Welsh people, some Grermans and of course some very entertaining locals. John seemed to know them all. Nice to see a genuine Irish pub, nothing like the ones that ... read more