Carnegie Court Hotel Swords

... got to see Slumdog Millionaire. What a great movie! After that, I was feeling the need for something lighter, so Bolt was next. Then I watched the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Amazingly enough, it wasn't too shabby! Keanu plays a great unfeeling alien:) We arrived early to SFO, so I called Bill to get an ETA. It was so wonderful to see him ...

... too soft. It was good that Allanah didn't really, because one of us had to drive and a whole Guiness is pretty powerful. We looked at our campsite options for the night, and realising the two close to Dublin were closed, we decided to take our chances and park up on a quiet Dublin street. We wandered down into town after finding a spot, with the plan to have some dinner before meeting our friend Sarah somewhere in town. Being in Ireland, we were keen on ...

... person , blah blah blah. They often go too far , OK i know am more educated of ...

... the new toys Mimi bought for them in Paris, these Top Secret writing pens with an black light type key chain thing that shows where you've written. During their "quiet time" (which is rarely actually quiet), I find the kids in the dark playing with the keychain making a hand shadow puppet show. The flash killed it, but the picture gives the basic idea. ... Can't believe we are finally nearing the end of the trip. I'm EXHAUSTED. Can't wait to sleep in my own bed!

... tour of the campus and learned, among other things, that in the 1800s there was a shootout between the several drunken students and an unpopular professor in the trinity quad. The professor was killed and, instead of prosecuting the students, the Irish government acquitted all 7 people involved in the firefight because it was a "drunken college prank" that just got out of hand. Wow. We also saw the "Book of Kells." an 8th century copy of the Gospels, elaborately ...

... with Mandy but everybody becomes quick friends at a bar..........in Dublin............St Patty's eve..............when you are all from Auburn. So around 10:30, we decide to call it a night, and make a dash for the bus stop which is a few minutes walk. Had to break for a bathroom stop. No details here except worth mentioning that Mandy left her jacket in the stall and after retrieving it 5 minutes later, it was soaked..........enough said about that. So catch ...

... the night but we had drank a bit the night before, plus about 6 pints of Guinness at the Storehouse so we are feeling pretty full. But MAN WE ARE IN DUBLIN. Gotta push through the pain. This is a once in a lifetime trip. I can't go home telling my friends that I couldn't drink on the one weekend set aside to do just that. Well we FINALLY get ahold of Julie and make a plan to meet up with her and her cousins. So we head to Temple Bar and find a random spot to grab a ...

... of meeting new people is exciting and very often get good connection with them. It's very good for meeting locals and get to know straight away how people live or the point of view they have about their own country. You can have the chance to meet friends and familly and live their lifes for a short period of times. Which is much more difficult when you are just a simple tourist in a hostel and have to find everything yourself. I had some very good time in ...

... towards Grafton Street, and did some shopping. I bought so many souvenirs for people - leprechaun pens, guinness bottle openers, irish blessing magnets, celtic bookmarks, leprechaun toys, tshirts, keyrings, postcards and even a 99 euro bag that said "The Leprechauns made me buy it" cute. But they were so cute. I'm a sucker for leprechauns ...

... very much sleep at all. We had booked a flight for around 7am so we would arrive early in Dublin. On arrival at Dublin airport we found a Terravision bus that would take us into the town centre. As we neared the end of our 40 minute ride to the town centre, the passengers on the bus - mostly middle aged Irish people - broke into song speared on by the driver, singing the Irish Rover! What a welcome! We had a little over an hour before we were due to ...