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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 29th 2007

Just arrived in Dublin this morning!! The sun is out and the city is absolutely beautiful!! We are at our friend's friend's place... a lovely home about 20 minutes away from the center of the city. They are very nice people and it's fun to hear a different accent! The journey here was quite crazy... we left London around 7:45 last night. My friend Stephanie and I had quite an amusing first train ride, practicing our accents and talking about the way people interact at work. We were talking about how they always ask "Are you alright?" and the translation for that is actually "how are you?" We're always like, ummm "yeah, fine, do I look okay?" ha. After that one we transferred to one other train. I loved the train because once we got out ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 28th 2007

... oder fuer die weniger Gebildeten unter euch: Welcome to Ireland! Ich bin ja der Touri schlechthin, das umfasst neben staendigem Fotografieren natuerlich auch das Bereisen unterschiedlichster Lokalitaeten. Nach Edinburgh nun also in den westlicheren Norden, nach Dublin um genau zu sein. Und da ich nicht nur Touri, sondern auch Klischee-Denker bin, setz ich da noch eins oben drauf: ins Land der rothaarigen Menschen, der Sommersprossen und des Kleeblatts. Und - nicht zu vergessen - ins Land der Farbe Gruen. In typischer Japanermanier ging auch gleich das Wochenende los: Samstag 4:15 aufstehen, um den Flieger um 6:50 zu kriegen. Schon an der Stelle wandelt sich das Klischee "Kleeblatt" in eine Tatsache, denn die Fluggesellschaft mit dem Namen Aer Lingus hat sich besagtes Kraut zum Symbol gemacht. Nach der Ankunft zum Hotel, Taschen abgeben und sich ... read more
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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 27th 2007

Hi everyone! I've arrived safe and sound in Dublin (though slightly air sick- it wasn't a particularly fun 24 hours of flying!) and have had a brilliant first week and a half! For starters, our supervisor at the hospital is very keen for us to have fun and explore Dublin, so is not at all strict about how much time we spend there, which is great! We're spending plenty of time in the operating theatre, and because it's a big paediatric hospital, we've had heaps of interesting surgeries that you don't get to see in good ol' Murray Bridge. The rest of the time we've been doing heaps of sight seeing, which has included seeing the inside of every single shopping mall in Dublin except one (but we're going to the last one tomorrow afternoon); this ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 27th 2007

Europe » Ireland June 26th 2007

Our last adventure was in May when Liz and I travelled with my parents to the Lakes District in Northern England, then drove up to Edinburgh and finally flew over to Cork in Southern Ireland to visit my sister Jade who now calls Ireland home. Practically everyone had told us it always rains in the Lakes District but when we set out in the morning the weather looked ok other than the standard English cloud cover. That quickly changed and for the first 2 days of our holiday it did nothing but bucket down. We refused to let it dampen our spirits and spent a couple of lovely days basing ourselves in quant Keswick. The first day we just looked around the village which featured a plethora of hiking shops. Seriously, 70% of the shops sold ... read more
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Buttermere Valley

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 26th 2007

From Dublin / Dublin (DUB), Dublin Ireland 1:15 PM To Zurich / Zurich (ZRH), Zurich Switzerland 4:20 PM (Local Time)(2HR Flight) From Zurich / Zurich (ZRH), Zurich Switzerland 10:40 PM To Bangkok / Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok Thailand 2:25 PM (Local Time)(10HR Flight) From Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok Thailand 5.05PM To Chiang Mai Airport, Chiang Mai Thailand 6:15 PM (1HR Flight) ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 26th 2007

We were not sure what to expect but we thought the tour would be cheesy---it wasn't. The night begins with boarding the world's only ghost bus, affectionately known as Molly. The inside of the bus is converted and decorated to look like a dungeon and it most certainly did. The seats in the lower floor had been removed and the entire floor was in darkness, except for the glow of a lantern, which glowed with the effect of a candle. The windows were covered with thick red velvet curtains. We proceeded upstairs accompanied by dark and gloomy music. The upstairs was decorated in much the same way as the lower level and was lit up by a red light. After getting settled and taking dozens of pictures, our tour guide appears. He has black hair ... read more
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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin June 26th 2007

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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin June 25th 2007

So today was relatively uneventful. I went to the National Library of Ireland. It's amazingly beautiful. Mosaic floors in a beautiful pattern, corinthian columns gold-tipped at the top and a cameo-esque frieze at the top with a dusky rose background. The reading room is equally amazing with differing shades of aqua wall paint and a very ornate frieze at the top with cupids all over it, and the wood panelling is equally as ornately carved. I discovered that librarys here are very different from what we imagine as a library...closed stacks folks! I haven't looked through a card catalogue in years! But wow! There's some amazing stuff there. Then I went on my normal meandering, but it was really windy! So I went into a well-known sweater shop which has simply gorgeous stuff, by the way, ... read more

Europe » Ireland June 25th 2007

- Monday 18th June Lots and lots of driving!!! We followed the Northern coast line along and down 60kms to Londonderry commonly know as “The Walled City.” We walked a part of the only completely walled city in Ireland, built as defences for early 17th century settlers from England and Scotland. The walls are 1.5kms in circumference and form a walkway around the city. Not that awe inspiring, but insightful none the less knowing about the history of Ireland. We then drove 60kms to Portsalon, near Fanad Head, which is the second most northerly tip of land. This drive was the start of many hours navigating around the narrow, windy roads of Ireland. Our eyes were constantly scanning and working overtime taking in the spectacular views of ocean, lakes, dense forest, and hills. On this drive ... read more
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