Dublin City University

... And then suddenly, he looked over at me and smiled and whispered in a thick Dutch accent, “Aisle or Window seat. Which would you prefer?” A window seat, please sir! After five more minutes of typing in numbers, he handed my passport back to me along with my boarding pass and sent me off. “Thank you so much!” I raved, “Have a great day!” He looked rather surprised but offered me a wave in return, and I took off running for my gate.

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... to the bar and got some drinks and the menus. (One of the things we learned was that if you don't want to chat it up with the locals sit at a table, if you do then go to the bar)

Upon returning to the table I noticed that the guys that had been at the bar were now right next to us and leaning in. Paul started it off with a very open conversation of what, I don't remember.....sorry guys but it had to be funny and interesting because that is ...

... you * gre*t de*l of history *bout the house. We weren’t *llowed to t*ke photos inside, so I don’t h*ve *nything to show you, but it w*s VERY worth seeing. The l*st of the f*mily lived there until 1973, until she h*d to sell it to p*y off her t*xes. Cromwell, of course, h*d t*ken it over from the f*mily for * period of time, but they were *ble to get it b*ck. The c*stle d*tes b*ck to the 12th Century. After the tour we he*ded up ...

... car through the countryside and glaciers near the lake of Killarney. We also saw colored sheep!

Next we set off for Dublin, the capital of the Repubic of Ireland. It rained the whole 3.5 hour drive where most delegates slept or updated their travel journals or wrote postcards. We finally arrived in Dublin where we ate dinner and booked into our rooms. After a long rainy day of site seeing and sitting we ended our fourth day.

... people. Irish music playing. Everyone is dancing. Everyone is singing. Everyone is talking, laughing, cheering, jeering, joking, drinking, living !! We make our way through the mass of Irish ladies and gents, and to the bar. Backpacks on. Hats on. O, weary travelers ... you are young, as is the night. We were standing at the bar, only for about two minutes ... we just ordered our pints of Guinness, and an older man gives ...

... Kiertelimme sitten kaupunkia ja piipahdimme syomassa lounasta St. Stephen's Greenissa, kauniissa puistossa Dublinin sydamessa. Saa suosi meita ja nautimme olostamme :) En ole pitkaan aikaan nauranut niin paljon kuin Irlannissa, nauran kylla taalla usein, mutta siella viela enemman, etta poskiini sattuu viela nytkin :P Colm sanoikin Glendaloughissa, etta hymyilen koko ajan. En voinut sille mitaan, sydameni lauloi onnesta :) Lentomme Manchesteriin ...

... where the guys and I went the night before and it was full to capacity. It was almost impossible to get a drink and when you did, it was impossible to get anywhere with it without spilling it. People were shoving and pushing and there was no place to get any air, it was loud and overall uncomfortable. We did however meet up with Damion, the guy from our hostel in Killarney. It was great to meet up with him and hear his stories about hostels and traveling and things. After ...

... of years old. We also walked a good bit on dowtown and walked through the outside of Dublin Castle. I didn't get any pics of Dublin Castle because I think we are going to go back and go inside. We ate at this burger place called Bobos. It was pretty good for Ireland. The burgers were huge though. We also walked around Temple Bar which is an artsy area with lots of bars, resturants ...

... in 1930]. St. Patrick's Bell is a joke.......not well displayed and not even close to spine tingling historical......there is so much myth and legend surrounding St. Patrick that it's all fairly questionable......the 400s were a long time ago. We spend the day just wandering around Temple Bar.....calling the 3 boys at home to ask what kind of t-shirts they want while we are in the shops.....etc. We go to St. Patrick's Cathedral (the true ...