Dublin 8

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Dublin, Ireland - Day 1, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin, Ireland - Day 1

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... difference and what could have been a horrific start to the trip turned in to a fun filled, chilly, wet adventure through the streets of Dublin. Drenched head to toe, we took a break and stopped in to a bank to make change. We got lost. We ducked in to a ...

Goodbye Paris!, Swords, Ireland travel blog

Goodbye Paris!

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... not being able to apologize makes it feel even worse. Bah! --- Please forgive me moma! I love you tons! *** *** Our plane to Dublin is uneventful. We land and find our way to the hotel (which is farther from the airport than I thought, in a small ...

Kit and Gwen's Ireland, Co. Kildare, Ireland travel blog

Kit and Gwen's Ireland

A travel blog entry by jennykelly

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... a huge meal put up for us which was just as well as we were starving after the 3 hour drive on a light breakfast. More about Dublin and the family tomorrow as I must socialize now. Des has managed to tie a few over on some of the nights with friends ...

Dublin, Ireland - Day 2, Howth, Ireland travel blog

Dublin, Ireland - Day 2

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... the park, we hoofed it about a mile to the nearest DART station. All of the research I had done on Dublin told me that for a true Ireland experience, one must travel to the countryside. Unfortunately for us, time wouldn't allow for that this trip. BUT, ...

The land of U2, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

The land of U2

A travel blog entry by janda

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... snowing!! DB do I look like the Queen because of all the grey hair? (I can read between the lines!) So we have arrived in Ireland. We got in at dinner time last night. It was our first flight with Ryan air and it was nerve racking. The flight was ...

Guinness and Nuns., Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Guinness and Nuns.

A travel blog entry by itsem

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... that Guinness is better the less it travels. Testing (or tasting) this theory at the top of the factory, overlooking the skyline of Dublin, I can agree. Maybe its just because everyone told me it tasted better but somehow it did. So I've had my fill of ...

Hearing aids and Bookies, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Hearing aids and Bookies

A travel blog entry by janda

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So we have enjoyed two full days in Ireland now. We are amazed at how many 'book makers' store fronts there are here. It seems as though there is one every couple of blocks. We also have been struck by the number of hearing aid stores there are. (Now it ...

dun laoghaire pin, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland travel blog

dun laoghaire pin

A travel blog entry by elsewhere

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Back to Dublin and a Guiness Tour, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Back to Dublin and a Guiness Tour

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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... fine! (Definately not fair!) We got all packed up, had a bit of breakfast and got on the road. When we arrived in Dublin we stopped at a Harley Davidson store so Karen and Bill could pick up some patches for a couple friends and then we were on the road ...

Goodbye Karen & Bill :(, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Goodbye Karen & Bill :(

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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 Karen and Bill had to leave early in the morning so they woke us up to say goodbye. We were very sad to see them leave and very much appreciate them coming to see us and hope they had as fantastic of a time as we did! They certainly ...

Did somebody say Guinness?, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Did somebody say Guinness?

A travel blog entry by chronometers

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... time. Chris was also interested in a collection of scientific instruments at the National Museum of Ireland. The museum is divided across 3 buildings in Dublin (plus one building in another town). The first building, the Natural History Museum, is ...

The Atlantic and Ocean Boy, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

The Atlantic and Ocean Boy

A travel blog entry by janda

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... enquired at Finnigans about dinner (they only serve lunch). Then we made our way back to the hotel. Today is our last day in Ireland. We fly out at 6:10am tomorrow which means we will likely have to get up at 4am even though we are so close to the ...

Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin, Ireland

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer

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... they could possibly be any parade at any time of year and there were marching bands from all over the United States and Ireland. I didn't see any European Marching Bands and it made me wonder if that's even something that is popular in Europe. There were ...

The world's best hostels are . . ., Dublin, Ireland travel blog

The world's best hostels are . . .

A travel blog entry by happysheep

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... Best Large Hostel [Min 500 beds]: Wombat's City Hostel, Berlin, Germany 9. Most Improved Hostel: Marlborough Hostel, Dublin, Ireland Best Hostel Chain 1. Wombats, Austria and Germany 2. Hatters Hostels, England 3. St Christopher's ...

What Do I Look Like, a Doctor?, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

What Do I Look Like, a Doctor?

A travel blog entry by danblank

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... any good visitor to the city, I dutifully made my first stop at the Guinness Store House (which also offered a student discount -- Ireland, like the Czech Republic, was a country with its priorities in order). The Store House is massive, as the ...

Kilmeague, Ireland, Kilmeague, Ireland travel blog

Kilmeague, Ireland

A travel blog entry by jennykelly

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... few photos soon since we are staying at Des's cousins Kit and Gwen for a couple of days in a beautiful part of country Ireland called Kildare. We have no complaints about the weather in the Northern Hemisphere so far, save for one very rainy day, ...

What's the Craic, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

What's the Craic

A travel blog entry by danblank

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... as I planned it. The rest of my time in Ireland, it seemed, wouldn't be. I was set to spend a little under a week in Ireland before flying over to Glasgow. As I envisioned it, I would spend a few nights in Dublin with CJ, my three neighbors from Ios ...

Dublin stop, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin stop

A travel blog entry by worldofbintang

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Arrival in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Arrival in Dublin

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... than I expected. The food wasn't, of course. I think my supper was salmon but it was hard to tell. First impressions of Ireland: Sunny! First bus was a double-decker (we rode on the top, at the front--I've always wanted to). It was pretty scary ...

Meeting people in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Meeting people in Dublin

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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So far I've met 5 people...2 Swappers I've talked to before, one Texan (who's been living in London on SWAP and so she doesn't sound Texan anymore), one German (who also speaks Russian, English, and Spanish) and one Japanese girl. Yesterday evening I ...

Last day in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Last day in Ireland

A travel blog entry by shanewilson

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Here I am in Dublin... my last day in Ireland. I left my B&B in Ballycarry at 9am this morning, and arrived into Dublin 2 hours later. After dumping my bag in my room, I caught a public bus into the city centre and boarded the city's excellent hop on ...

The Surreal Life Part III, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

The Surreal Life Part III

A travel blog entry by basa1126

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Ireland la Linda!!! Saturday (First off I know it has been a while...so lets just pretend that between this blog and the last blog there was just the worlds largest comma (,) and we continue) So burnt, beaten, and bruised (somehow) we arrived at ...

Get naked: get a free flight, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Get naked: get a free flight

A travel blog entry by happysheep

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Another week, another airline promotion. This week, being St Patrick's Day and all, how appropriate to have to get your gear off to get a free flight: About 400 people have stripped off in London in order to win free flights in a stunt organised ...

DUBLIN!, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

DUBLIN!

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin

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Aaaah Dublin Ireland. Finally. Our B&B is halfway between the airport and the city centre. Pleasantly located close to everything but far enough away from the chaos that is dublin. We went into town to orient ourselves and check it out. We explored ...

Guinness 5 conference: Dublin 08, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Guinness 5 conference: Dublin 08

A travel blog entry by technotrekker

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... , but the people and heaving nightlife are certainly great craic. Many thanks to Dave, Lloyd, Tom and Alex for the many medicinal Guinness' we enjoyed and sometimes endured. I'll look forward to coming back one day to explore further afield in ...

Right to the Liffey, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Right to the Liffey

A travel blog entry by off_road_clara

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... were good enough. You'd made the grade, passed the test. I have never felt so non-threatened and happy in such a space. Oh Ireland, you wonderful land of happy souls. By 4am the night was coming to a close. The streets were empty and I had to head ...

Dublin  - So Long, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin - So Long

A travel blog entry by sunnysean

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... to do list and will have no doubt forgotten to pack something, lets hope it is not my passport :-) Tomorrow I shall be flying from Dublin to Chicago after the pre-requisite strip search and explaining for the third time to Customs that yes the 148 malaria ...

Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin, Ireland

A travel blog entry by akawally

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... back to Dublin. We stopped in Galway (city center) for some shopping (Glad we did, it was a much nicer environment than Dublin, and also more reasonably priced). When we reached Dublin, we decided to try and drive into the city (scary thought) so we ...

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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Irrrrrland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Irrrrrland

A travel blog entry by kiemce

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... . The rolled up Sinn Fein weekly newspaper was a clue, but when they nearly throttled me when I referred to "The Republic of Ireland" it was a little scary. Fortunately they were well versed in the average Australian's dislike of England so I was off the ...

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