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Travel Blogs from Dublin
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
... be sure. Can't help but smile when we can understand the conversations in the bus and read the street signs! We head into the main part of town and whilst it is busy, it's got a great vibe. Apparently over 50% of the Dublin population is aged under 25, so it is a very young town. We have been told that the hop on, hop off bus is good here, but also that as long as you don't mind a bit of walking, a bus ticket will do just as well. So we ...
Week 1 Bonus - Gaelic Football - Mayo vs. Dublin
... players & nobody in attendance "suck" or ahem “blow”.
- “Brilliant” & “Shi*te” are the accepted adjectives in Croke Park, nothing is “AWESOME”.
- U.S.A. chants are a “I don't know those Americans offence”, acceptable chants/roars/spontaneous outburst (not woo’s) are as follows…. the traditional - ...
Arh the erish!!!!!
... an interesting mix of tourists, market stall owners & old Irish drunks, yep even at 11am!! I will tell a story about one of the drunks but unless you can use an Irish accent it wont be as funny. So use ye best erish accent fir thus one.....
We were standing browsing a few books & some funny badges when this stinky, bearded drunk came to the stall & said to the stall owner:
"Arh, do ye hav’ne compilations from the 60’s??" to which ...
A Dublin Day
... hungry and mushroom soup is all that is on offer, I actually don't hate it after all. I wonder how many things are like that - we only dislike them because we can choose not to have them in our lives.
I gave money to a homeless girl today. She is about 4 months pregnant, and was scraping together cash for a meal and a bed for the night. So many people just walked by and ignored her. I don't know if my money went towards a meal and a bed or drugs or alcohol. I don't even know ...
What Once Was Lost Hath Been Found
... very old and large tress, which is one of my absolute favorite things to do. Brittany isn't as big a fan of sitting in the dirt as I am :)
After looking at the castle for a half hour, we walked back towards the bus and came across a children's playground. We spent significantly more time there than looking at the castle! They have all the cool stuff that we used to have but got rid of to avoid lawsuits. Needless to say, ...
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