Paddy's Palace Dublin

Hi all its been an intence two weeks. Im just going to lay out the basics of what i did the last two weeks then come back and really fill in what i have done. I arrived on Saturday the 8th after taking the train and arranging to be picked up for I have spent the last two weeks doing two national trust working holidays back to back. I had a great time and at the first one from October 8th Saturday through October 15th Saturday I spent the week with a lot of wonderful people who truly are speci...

Hi all its been a few days since i last updated. I am having a blast and have been so busy im finally updating now. So its our fourth day on the tour and its amazing. We spent two nights October 25th and October 26th Tuesday and Wednesday in Killarny. The first night in Killarny we went to see a hot hot band. They where sexy and where an 80's cover band. We stayed out listiening to them but i finally packed it in by midnite in order to rest for the morning. The next morning at 9:00 am we took...

Once we reach Dublin at approximately 8:10 AM on Saturday, August 8, we will gather our stuff and wait for a complementary bus to take us to our hostel downtown. The Paddywagon bus makes trips to the airport starting at 7 AM. I figured we'd attempt to catch the 10:00 bus. This will save us about $30 in bus or cab fare. The bus trip will be about a half hour to our hostel, Paddy's Palace. Per night, per person, the cost is $25.85. Check in starts at noon so I figured we'd go get some breakfast...

After we finish the tour at the Guinness Storehouse on 8/12 we will head back to Paddy's Palace to stay one more night in the hostel. The cost for this night is a little less, $23.13 per person. The next morning (8/13) we leave bright and early for the airport. Again we can catch the Paddywagon bus for free transport. The earliest that leaves is 7AM so we'll be on that one. Our AirCanada Flight leaves at 9:40 AM. When we reach Toronto we switch planes and you arrive back in Denver around 8:00...

Got to machestor airport pretty early which was good considering it seems i was flying with a whole football team - lol i know what your thinking girls it was pretty kewl expect for the part where they were in front of me in the que for check in - but the view was pretty cool lol and i havent even got there yet :0) flying over in the plane and seeing scottland and ireland. airport was pretty scary once we landed about the same as sydney. bigger than i thought but they let me through customs w...

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I continued my journey by train passing more green farming land and quaint villages toward the Welsh seaport of Holyhead. On arrival at Bangor station we were joined by a group of Irish lads and a fellow by the name of Richie who became the entertainer for the car I travelling in. Richie gave us a few songs some jokes and a couple of stories. The ferry service between Holyhead and Dublin is operated by 'Irish Ferries' costs £25 and includes a short bus trip from the train station to the port....

The first two vagabonds arrived in Dublin at approximately 5:10 am local time, weary but excited.  We are typing this message from the beautiful Dublin Intl Airport after a fine dining experience consisting of overpriced pastries... We have only been here for an hour, but have managed to spend approximately $20!  Right now, we are going to spend approximately $18 to get to our hostel, Paddy's Palace (of love??...)  As for our plans for today, given it is a little dreary and both of us are sti...

Good morning all, Another beautiful day in Dublin, Ireland. Our third vagabond, Russell made his triumphant entry into the city last night at approx. 2:30am. Not to be outdone, our fellow Greek roomate decided to loudly ducttape her belongs shortly thereafter. The following morning began with stroll through dreary Dublin cityscape (Russ' choice of words, not mine). WE managed to find our way to legendary Caesars for some authentic Irish-Italian food (with a bit of Guinness of course). From th...

So after another day in Dublin I think I can say with some confidence that it rains a lot here. Its summer and we have seen rain ever day we have been here. Not that this is a bad thing. We were still able to make our way over to Jameson's Distillery yesterday, which ended up being our best decision on the trip thus far. While the tour was a little pretentious in my mind, it did lead us to meet some cool fellow Americans (fortunately our first encounter on the trip) and join them later for a ...