Glen Guesthouse Dublin

... was interesting seeing all the cars driving by (on the wrong side of the street, with their wheels on the passenger side of the car), with taxi's of many makes and models, including a Lexus Taxi Cab. The city was very pretty driving through it.

Next is our arrival to the Train station, and walking around Dublin...

... was grateful for those because those meteorologists did get the temperature right!

At 1:00 I met up with Conor, a friend I met when I biked/walked the Camino 2 years ago. Just before we were suppose to meet, it began raining. (Not heavy, mind you, but it was raining.) Then, about 4 minutes later, it stopped. He arrived, we said Hi, and by the time we walked back outside, it had started again. We went to a restaurant about a 5 minute walk from ...

... overweight mostly female crowd that knew all the words. It looked like a bachelorette party, only all the women were too old. It had a very sort of small town ladies night out feel, it was funny.

We walked down the street some more to the American bar/Boston-like bar that was absolutely packed, with Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" playing and WWF on the big screens. (I later saw advertisments for "American Wrestling" in another bar, so I guess some people here ...

... in the opposite direction of the city center, and that if we wanted the Airlink we had to go back toward the terminal building. I’m grateful. I might still be sitting there if not for his intervention. We walked back through the parking garage building and saw the second set of bus stops to the right, between that and the terminal building. I’m not sure how I had missed them earlier. Perhaps there were a few lingering traces of fog covering my eyes. Perhaps it was ...

... We're not sure who this monument was meant to honour, but he must have been quite a guy!

We originally thought that Dublin was just another big city but were pleasantly surprised . We decided to take the on and off double decker bus yet again. It’s such a fun and easy way to get an overview of the whole city! We toured the Guinness beer factory where Bruce learned how to pour the perfect pint of beer and then enjoyed the fruit of ...

... living room where there were random boys sleeping on the floor, cake & drinks all over the walls and carpet and just general discust everywhere. Got ready for the office and had an extremely tired & slow day. After work went home to CH who had a new couchsurfing hanging out in the living room when I got there. I had been looking forward to falling asleep on the sofa but she was nice enough to chat with and later the boys came home and I fell asleep watching a ...

... before going inside so I took a left, thinking that I was still going towards home. And then, being the way I am, I kept walking for about 35 minutes before I finally caved in and had a look at the map. I was so exhausted already and realizing that I would probably have to walk for over an hour to get back home I was seriously close to tears. I did it though. Good work out : ) Oh, that wasn't the only blonde thing I did friday though! Being somewhat stressed in the morning I ...

... we were not able to go straight there and crash as we had hoped. Auds and I spent most of the morning wandering half-asleep through Dublin, before stopping for lunch and a pint (or two). We met a very nice Australian bartender in the process, and Auds was able to ask him all the important questions, like "how fast did YOU drive on the autobahn?" (I do not think that is how it is spelled ...

... which is still a bit wet off the printing press! I am leaving tomorrow morning now, on the same flight, and should make my Galapagos connection in plenty of time. Poor Liz is waiting for me in Quito - hope she gets this update. The whole exercise has left me financially poorer, stressed out and disappointed as hell.

... Anyways, we arrived in Dublin this afternoon after a 3 1/2 hour bus ride. It is weird that it is only about 200km from Kerry to Dublin but takes thay long. We took a ferry boat to the Aran Island...just ask me about it because my words won't be able to give it the glory it deserves. Then we rented a car for our drive along the Ring of Kerry. Absolutely ...