Dublin, Ireland Travel Blogs

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A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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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 fine. ...

A travel blog entry by janda
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... . The Irish deputy prime minister, Mary Coughlan, said Friday she welcomed that "the future of brewing" had been secured in Ireland. About a million pints of Guinness are drunk each day in Ireland, but in recent years the brew has been losing out to ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... 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 self-guided ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... 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 Hostels - ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... for a week though. Maybe see some sights then settle in for a week and then see some more sights. We have two days left in Ireland. One will be spent going out to Dun Loughaire (spelling?) and Dalkey. I'm not sure yet what we will do on the other day. ...

A travel blog entry by janda
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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 a ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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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 and ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... 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 tablets ...

A travel blog entry by sunnysean
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... this person. Jack's great grandfather was named Charles Stuart Parnell, he came from England. The Charles Parnell commemorated in Ireland could be a great great great Grandfather. There is also a Parnell street nearby the square. We also saw Trinity ...

A travel blog entry by audreyandjack
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by janda
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by akawally
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... flight. I thought to myself, my kind of town... This is why I purposely bought my ticket to spend my first weekend in Dublin. Along with the Frenchman I met at the hostel, we headed out to Temple Bar. Temple bar is crowded, noisy, vibrant, and as ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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A travel blog entry by worldofbintang
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A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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After 3 wonderful hectic days with Martin and Heike it was off to Dublin, Ireland via Ryan air with tickets bought on the Internet for less than a Pound each (plus taxes)!! We spent a week in Ireland, a very funny, perplexing and picturesque place. The ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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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 ...

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 ...

A travel blog entry by wonderer
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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 and ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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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 Ireland.

A travel blog entry by technotrekker
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by basa1126
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A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... we were constantly left in awe of what we saw. I think we took enough pictures to fill a few albums here alone. Ireland feels a little more rustic compared to its polished neighbour to the east. The emphasis on music and their traditional sessions in the ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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... later than expected and drove solidly for three hours through fairly heavy traffic and major road works to reach Dublin. Mandy, our Hospitality Club hostess, had given us very precise instructions but unfortunately as our petrol situation became dire, we ...

A travel blog entry by scootergal
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... , we stumbled back to the hotel with fish n' chips wrapped in newspaper, awoke the boys, and made them stand and sing for Ireland. -- Oh, right, that last part didn't really happen, or at least not by us. The rest of Dublin is nice, the churches are ...

A travel blog entry by akawally
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A travel blog entry by happysheep
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