Robert's cousin Alan came for a visit this morning and invited us to go watch Dublin play Wiclow in a Gaelic football match in the afternoon. So up until it was time to go all that was done was some much needed washing and haircuts. Then it was time to make our way to the football ground. The game was fantastic and very exciting to watch (I enjo...

Today we started the morning off with a city tour to Dublin. Needless to say the sun was nowhere to be found. We stopped at Trinity College where we viewed the Book of Kells (circa 800).Then we had the coach drop us off in town after the tour and we walked through the pedestrian only shopping area of Dublin. (Grafton St.) Nice area to walk arou...

Back in the land of the big grey cloud. In actual fact Hong Kong did nothing to prepare me for the Irish 'spring' as an icy blast of Arctic air hit me leaving the arrivals hall in Dublin airport. Should have waited another month to come back.... Better not complain though or I'll have people giving me dirty looks telling me that I missed the wor...

It was a bit of an early start as we all gathered in the foyer of the hostel to grab our gear and i ended up with yet another other canary yellow shirt and beanie. After a little bit of hassle during the week over tickets due to a fire before last weeks game against the All Blacks, there was a bit of worry over if we would have tickets for the g...

HELLO EVERYBODY!!!! dublin is such a nice city, i cannot believe that i am here , no i havent gotten lost (haha to all that thought i might) My plane ride over was uneventful but stroke of luck on my leg from Newark to Dublin I managed to not get sat next to anyone and I snoozed the whole way over. I woke up to the most beautiful view ever. Sunr...