Trinity College Dublin

We had to get up early on Monday because check out was at 12:00 and we had to be at the airport by 1:00 for our flight.

We walked all over the city in the morning. Will did some souvenir shopping and we went part way into Trinity College, we went into St. Stephen's Green shopping center.

I took some pictures of Dublin, the Ha' …

The two destinations we recommend in our "Footloose in Ireland film" are poles apart, but the one common thread is the warmth of the people and not the weather!

Part two ~ Discovering Dublin
Our suggested Dublin trail starts at Heuston Station and roughly follows the banks of the river Liffey, passing by many of the main sights. Most …

First, along with my vacation story, I've included little tidbits of info about the attractions we've visited. Some of the info I learned from our trip, most I got from Wikipedia. If you wish to learn more, head on over and READ.

We arrived in Dublin early in the morning and after getting our car, taking the M50 around Dublin and driving …

The weekend of Jan. 20, a group of six of us went to Dublin to celebrate our friend Gonzalo's birthday! He has seen a lot of Europe, but Dublin was one of the cities he had yet to visit!

Dublin was amazing! The food and the people were awesome, as well as all the sights. We even got nice weather - two sunny days, although it was still …

Today was our 2nd day in the fair city of Dublin and also the day we joined our Trafalgar Irish Highlights tour. Having never been on a tour like this before, we're all a little excited for it to start.

We were to meet the tour director, Peter & our driver, Kevin at 2.30pm, so we spent the morning finalising our phone & internet …

Since we were finally able to sleep last night, we were actually functional today. We started the day with a free breakfast from the hostel at 7:30, including a generic-brand version of nutella, bread, jam, butter, peanut butter, cereal, milk, and coffee. After finishing, we wandered off in search of St. Stephen's Green.

We ended up coming …

Top of de mornin' to ya!

A couple of weeks ago we were thinking we need to get out of London for a weekend! St Patricks day in Ireland was on top of the list. Where else would you rather be on the happiest day of the year. Unfortunately it was a little bit pricy £270 for a three day tour. So we forgot about it for a while until Fee and …

Strawberry beer... It's nice, sweet, but nice. It was at the Bull and Castle, a pub with a German beer hall on the second floor that I found this beer, along with Galway Pale Ale, an ale that wad no more pale then a kid who's just down and entire bottle of red cordial, and an assortment of other beers. Darkey Kelly's was full of old guys doing …

The next day we headed south for Dublin. En route we stopped at Bru Na Bionne, a series of prehistoric ritual sites (Kirsty was pretty excited to visit these). We visited Newgrange a dome enclosure / tomb built in direct line so that for 17mins every year the sun is at a precise angle to illuminate the inside of the chamber. I thought it was …

We had a long day on Thursday, and I had an afternoon class on Friday, so we decided to do something a little more low key. We walked around St. Stephen's Green and then did a bit of shopping.

St. Stephen's Green is a 22-acre park in the City Centre. It's the largest of the parks in Dublin's main Georgian squares, though Phoenix Park is …

... tasted better but somehow it did. So I've had my fill of Guinness vitamins (for life) and don't need to again. At Trinity College they have the Book of Kells. Tracey tells me that this travelled to Australia (to Canberra) several years ago and she ...

... treasures. The Gallery is divided into 3 sections, so look at all three. Although the Chester Beatty Library has the oldest manuscripts, Trinity College is home to the oldest known book in the world: The Book of Kells from 800A.D. The book is ...

... normal to me). It was cheaper to "take away" (i.e. to go). We got happily lost and emerged near the old and prestigious Trinity College, walked across the River Liffey to see a 130 m tall and very skinny spire (called the Monument of Light, was ...

... want to). Both were very good though. After consuming the fuel for the day we headed back into town and explored trinity college (circa 1592) where, beside the gorgeous campus,  the highlight was watching a guy jaywalking get absolutely smoked by ...

... Neither of us found Dublin to be as interesting as other cities we had visited. Our only other stop of note was at Trinity College, where we saw the Book of Kells. The exhibition was mildly interesting, though I preferred to walk through the old library ...

Where better to absorb the culture and soak up some knowledge than by staying in Trinity College. A grand (roll that r!) institution, eye-catching architecture, and my humble abode for a week. With the students on summer holiday there was plenty of ...

... a nice friendly pub yesterday evening and had a few...like you do! And then wobbled back to our hostel. Today we visited Trinity College.  It happens to be Freshers Week so the place is really busy with new students enrolling in all sorts of clubs. ...

... Sean left today, but in the morning he, Jana, and I did some of the 'hop-on, hop-off' sightseeing tour and checked out Trinity College and St. Stephen's Green. After that, Sean headed off to catch his flight, so Jana and I spent the rest of the afternoon ...

... saw a failed revolt against Henry VIII and Henry's dissolution of the monasteries. In 1592, however, Elizabeth I founded Trinity College and gave Dublin an educational tradition that it maintains today. In 1649, Oliver Cromwell took the city and seized ...

... . After an excellent hostel-provided breakfast (from what I've been told, it'll all be downhill from here), I walked through Dublin, visiting Trinity College and St. Stephen's Green. I'm still adjusting to the whole 'not being busy' thing. A number of ...