Bewleys Hotel Leopardstown Dublin

... fly directly into France instead of doing th chunnel trip from England... might even save us a few bucks in the long run anyway I thought. We checked Ryanairs next flight to Paris - it was leaving in a couple of hours so we go and see what it will cost. Over €200 each to fly last minute so we decide to fly tomorrow for €49 each. We got a hotel nearby with a free shuttle, check in and embark in search of a laundromat. We walked with day bags full ...

... come all the way to Ireland by myself without any succinct plans. I think they got the impression that I was a little bit cooler and more adventurous than I actually am, but I was fine with that. They ended up having not yet booked a hostel, so I told them about the cheap rates and central location of the one I had booked, the Avalon House. It didn’t take much convincing, and they decided to head to the Avalon House with me to check for vacancies. The bus driver told us ...

... talking to strangers, he replies with, "I can see that". I took it in a good way. :)<br><br>I turn thirty on the 20th of this month and my body is telling me so. I used to be able to ride in an airplain and just lean over the food try and go to sleep, waking up refreshed. Not any longer. I, Trish, got the middle seat between Keith and Rachael and can't explain how I feel right now because it is just not good. I tried to sleep on Rachael and tried ...

... Amsterdam umbrellas were no match for Irish rainfall. Both of our umbrellas had sprung a leak but were still better than nothing. Once in the city, Justin didn&#8217;t really feel like site seeing so he went to read at a book store while I went to see more of the city. I saw a couple churches, the Dublin castle, and a really great farmers market where I got raw, dried kale with sprouted sunflower seeds and tahini. It tastes like cheesy kale, and it&#8217;s soo good ...

... to drink the pint we poured while watching some Riverdance and listening to traditional Irish music. It was probably the highlight of the day, and it was FREE! Well, relatively free. We paid 11 euros to get in, but that was well worth a pint and show. The Riverdancers were a school of little girls - too cute (see pics). <br><br>After the Storehouse, we headed back toward Temple Bar, the main pub part of the city and I enjoyed a ...

... traveling. I took a bath every night i was thier and on the day we had to return to basecamp early i took a three hour bath. My Working Trust companions enjoyed teasing me about this and i said with a smile it was worth being teased about in order to get a lovely soak in the Bathtub. I also found out they had a washer so the last night i was thier I washed my clothes and then put them on Radiators to dry. The last night we where helping the Wardens braught skinned Rabbits ...

... Hope found her first admirer in the form of an Irish gentlemen who was probably in his 60's. He was very bold too asking (by lifting up her hand) her point blank whether she was married or not. Hope always gets the men.. I'm so jealous. All I got from him was him telling me to get my "rubbish" off his countertop. (welcome to my world) We decided then to explore the city and it is not a bad day, but it is cold and a bit rainy, but that did not hinder us, oh no! We went out like ...

... to an email from The Pope, saying that he was in Dublin at a hostel not far from ours. We met up with him at a pub, and then went to another pub that didn't get many foreigners. This was a pub that only Audrey, The Pope, and me would ever find. Its other patrons besides us were these old gypsy-looking women who did not go outside to smoke cigarettes, but into the bathroom, and men with grizzled beards and no teeth, and little kids running around everywhere. It was ...

Up and out again this morning on the bus to dublin city. We started of with a very interesting tour of Kilmainham Jail which has a sorted history including the influx of prisoners during the potato famine to over ten times its capacity and the jailing and excutions of the leaders for Irish independence of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. The tour guide ...

... we both didn't actually see it - and the long room which was worth it. The Long Room is the old library so the ceiling is incredibly high and on either side are bookcases that go all the way full of big old books with ladders to access them. The musty smell is pretty overwhelming but its an incredible room. It felt very "Harry Potter" which a lot of my experiences have been like but apparently it was George Lucas which ripped off the look of the room with his Jedi ...