Ireland Travel Blogs - Page 3

And from Glendalough, we played Hangman for the rest of the duration of the bus (I was the STAR!) until we reached Dublin. We were to reach Dublin at 6pm but we were well ahead...reaching by 4pm. This caused frustration amongst  many people as the real reason we reached this early was because …

Sept. 5, 2007:  Day 1 in Ireland – Exploring Dublin with Minimal Sleep and Jetlag               The plane landed at Dublin International Airport at 5am (12am Eastern Standard Time).  I had slept maybe two hours during the nig…

Another weekend trip during my stay in Dublin. People say Galway is a must-see..

We ended the day back in Dublin, I introduced Joanna and Magda to Bruxelles.  Don’t let the pictures fool you, that’s actually Smithwicks in my pint glass, despite the word “Guinness” on the glass.  I decided to give some other Irish beers a chance, both Killkenny and Smithwicks a…

My first trip to Ireland dropped me off in the 'prettiest village' in the country, Adare.  The village of Adare is found in Limerick County, Southern Ireland. After a sleepless flight from San Francisco (apparently I was a tad excited) resulting in having not slept in 24 hours, the immediate…

Round Towers are unique Christian architectural features in Ireland, probably derived from visits to Europe and seeing the great bell towers. At Glendelough in County Wicklow near St. Kevin's Church is the Round Tower. At over 110 feet, it is one of the largest in the country. They were built betwe…

Flooding today in Dublin!  Part of the airport roof collapsed, as did a local hospital roof.  Nobody was hurt, so that is good.  We've apparently been outrunning all sorts of natural disasters on this trip, most recently storms in N. Ireland, heat wave now in England, and flooding la…

My 3-day trip to Dublin in August 2009.

Other than the diverted trip to Manchester, everything went smooth on both flights. I couldn't sleep on them though. I got to Dublin. It was cold and windy. Halfway through my bus ride to Rory's house (my first couch surfing host) I looked up and realized we are driving on the wrong side of …

Leaving Ireland was heartbreaking, but I was thrilled to be going back home. We woke up at 5am to get ready, and we left the hotel by 6:15am. I was pretty sad to be heading to the airport so I didn’t talk much – only when the taxi man assumed we were American. I used that time to take in …

  Location: Dublin (dahh really?)   Date: Sept. 5th – 7th   Participants: Owen (Ireland), Francis (Ireland), Jennifer (Ireland), Adrian (Ireland), Christophe (Ireland), MJ (Ireland living in England), Dimitra (Greece) and me   Main activities and other cultural aspects:…

When I woke up Derek was already at work and when I went downstairs Eva was just coming in with Derek's little niece Emma who is one and a half and the cutest baby of ALL TIME! Derek's mum made me some breakfast and tea and we just sat and chatted for a while. After I had a shower and when I came b…

After a good Irish breakfast courtesy of my mum we jumped in the car and hit the road. I usually have a loop that I do around South West Mayo and into Connemara, back into Galway city and the return to base. On this day beacuse it was high summer and the day was long and I somehow managed to get on…

Ireland, Scotland, England, Ibiza, Spain

My friends and I arrived in Dublin on the early afternoon and take directly a bus to Athlone, a small city in the center of Ireland.After about 3 hours in the bus, we finally arrived in Athlone ! We're a bit tired, but it's not the time to sleep, we are in Ireland for the first time of our life, so…