Dublin Travel Blogs - Page 8

Flew into Dublin around 8AM local time. Everything went according to plan, got off the plan and caught the shuttle to the hostel.  Drop my things off and started the Dublin Bus Tour, which was very helpful and entertaining. Everyone here is really nice and helpful, I think Ireland was the best…

I've only been in Dublin..I hope to see more of the country in the future.

It was time to return home. I packed up, and checked out. I had to walk along the river, to the O'Connell St bridge. Then onto the street itself, until I got to the bus stop. I would hop on the airport bus, that took me to the airport.Once I got there, I went to check in and go through security. Th…

The flight was longer then I would have liked as it was a bit cramped but once I was in I found myself in a bit of a hurry to get to the hostel and eat because it was already 10pm.  I quickly figured out where my hostel was and then tried to relate that to the bus map and in my hurry got …

Three people on our flight into Dublin were sick and so we had to wait an hour in the airport on the tarmac for them to be checked for Swine Flu. I learned today after I got back to the states that it has been declared a pandemic. After that there were very few problems in Dublin. When we touched d…

I have recently returned from a very enjoyable (if not soggy!) weekend in Dublin. Despite the rain, the City offers such a wide range of things to do, to see, places to eat, shop and oh yes..drink!Staying in the Temple Bar area was a good choice as it is lively and well situated, just a short walk …

I like Irish people. Every time we've walked around the past few days, people would randomly say hello or start a conversation or offer help beyond what we asked for. I also love that so many of the old men wear tweed caps. There was a lot of Guinness consumed as well as various Irish whiskeys (…

Dublin, St. Patrick's Day 2007. What I anticipated to be a drunkfest of Munich-like proportions, and I was right. Guinness, Beamish, Smithwick's, and more.I come from an Irish-American family but I'm floating around the 5th generation. Needless to say, I don't know anyone in my family that actually…

My dream of traveling to Europe was finally turning into a reality, but with few glitches... 1. had to change my trusty backpack on the last minute-zipper malfunction. 2. dumped all my worldly possesion for one month trip to a mini backpacker's backpack one hour before the departure(the best decision ever!) 3. my local aiport not open upon arrival. 4. a nigtmare seatmate en route to London from SFO

Dublin is a fantastic city, it doesn't make it into my top 5 cities but nontheless, I had a great time, the Temple Bar area rocks! I've posted some reviews of our hotels/restaurants etc. A couple of points though; Dublin seems to be 90% male, by day and night there was a really notic…

St. Patrick’s Day 2009 will forever change my view of Paddy’s Day.  In short, it was amazing! We got off to a slow start as the buffet breakfast put on by the hotel for the holiday was less than mediocre.  I was seriously missing Avril and Tony’s yummy breakfast from the day befo…

We finally arrive Monday morning at 7:30 after an eight hour flight. We pick up our car and head for Ballyjamesduff. There is an abbey located there that my friend really wanted to see. Forty-five minutes after picking up our car, we are finally leaving Dublin! We had some trouble with the round…

  We once again said our final goodbyes to Kev and Betty before taking the four hour train to Northern Ireland.  We had a flight out of Belfast the next day at eight so we booked a hostel room in Belfast and decided to just hang around the city for the night.  When we got to the trai…

We traveled via Aer Lingus to Dublin, Ireland where we are currently waiting for our plane to leave for its final destination: Shannon. Already I love the Irish brogue and the landscape. Flying into Ireland as the sun was rising gave me a picturesque view of the fields and set communities that glim…

After 6 years of university and professional examinations and three years hard at the slog of work, working my way up through the ranks to be fully qualified and ready to take the next step in my career and yet today is my last day in the job. On this day, I received the following email that is sup…