Maps of Dublin

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 w…map of the city that we got when we checked into the hostel and saw that we were at the very bottom right corner of the map. We turned around and walked and walked and walked until we passed through the rich part of town… Dublin-Day 1

OK, here's something on  the Dublin Bus company and system, about which I wanted to tell you  a little.Dublin in itself is equipped with a truly bad public transport system, which can't cope with the mass of people living in this city no…maps. And even more frustrating was the fact, that it will probably take a few weeks (!) to print new ones. So, I had to buy an expensive city map in a book store with the bus lines in it. So far I haven't seen… St.Paddy´s Day in Dublin 2007

When we landed, things seemed to go quickly as we got off the plane in a matter of minutes.  It wasn’t until we saw the line for customs/immigration that we knew we were in for trouble.  The line was nearly the full length of one of t…maps I paid for last week but I, being the genius of the family, rebooted the device to find our maps in place.  All was set and we were on the road. Then the REAL disaster struck.  We were about an hour out of Dublin… Arriving in Dublin

This is probably my 10th blog about Dublin as every trip that I made so far has to start somewhere and Dublin is where I reside. The way this site documenting the trip chronologically by day and place is interesting and fun to write about. I like th…map and the blue path!. It will not be for long as the next blog when I leave this Guiness Town will be the penultimate one. Today I’m just preparing stuff for my Balkan trip tomorrow. This will be my most unprepared one as I don’t plan… Autumn in Dublin

I had slept well, but woke horribly congested in the morning, although thankfully, my throat was not as sore.  Breakfast of cereal and toast in the dining room, an excessively hot shower, and starting a load of laundry preceded returning my hir…map.   With map in hand, I found The Custom House , but it was shut due to a student protest, so I continued on to the actual site where U2 recorded their first three albums, Windmill Lane Studios , which has since relocated, but the buildings… an active second day in Dublin