Dublin (Navan Road)

... went down the plug hole.
Well, that's all I can think of but I think its enough. We met a lot of really cool people. That was probably my favourite part of traveling. I'll miss meeting so many people all the time.
I will leave on a quote by St Augustine, which my parents wrote into the first page of the diary they gave me before I left.
'The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.'

... just mainly bread with jam or Nutella. So the breakfast was much enjoyed. At about the point of mid-breakfast, I realized how nice it was to speak only English. I didn't have to say anything in another language, ask for an English menu, pray they spoke English, or point at something and see what came out. After traveling for 2 months straight, it kind felt good to be in an English speaking country. I'm sure as you are all aware of, not ...

... literally like walking on ice. We were forced to adopt the “tip toe tango” as we baby-stepped oh so carefully along. Doing this, while simultaneously looking up to avoid running into the constant stream of pedestrians coming toward us, and holding our umbrellas in such a way as to avoid stabbing said pedestrians in their eyes, was challenging. Fortunately the HoHo bus stop was just around the corner. We tried to stay close to the walls along the way. Twice we passed ...

... in search of a big feed and a pint of Ginuess or two.
The next day i jump on one of the open top tour buses that travel the city making stops at all the popular attractions and giving commentary along the way. 1st stop the Guinness factory!! a lot more interesting than i thought especially the section on the transportation of ...

... Gaelic football games played near our house.

Bruce was able to get in another round of golf and Caleb was able to play as well at Coraballis Golf Links. It is the only public links golf course in Ireland and it didn’t disappoint. Most fairways were fairly narrow and if you didn’t hit it then there wasn’t much of a chance of finding your ball. They had another beautiful day (we don’t believe all the talk about it ...

... The city is cool and the weather is colder. I NEED A GUINESS NOW because when i used the atm today it stole my check card...yes my only access to cash. Im trying to figure out the solution to that now. The fun has only began. Im in good spirits so all is well for now. Till next time...

... decided to have some wine with dinner, no big deal, not the first time, and even after we'd finished eating we kept refilling our glasses. Normal, just chatting having a really nice time actually. So, it's now been 10 days since I had that moll removed (see first phrase of entry for more details) and it was time to take out the stitches. Will had assured me that he was more than competent to get them out. Yeah, right. ; ) Anyways we were both very tipsy and to prove that as Will was ...

... way back to Dublin through Cork and Tipperary where we stopped for lunch. Drove straight to the Guiness storehouse for a couple of pints of the black stuff before checking out the gift shop which was very impressive. I love all that old ****. I just love the thought of the Guiness marketing director going into the meeting and pulling out an old add and the boss says "hmmm I love it!" The ...

So here I am in Dublin; after an exhausting 36 hour trip - thanks to delays in Sydney and major delays in Singapore (they made us disembark and re-board an hour later). When I arrived at Dublin airport there was a big picture of Westlife with the words 'Westlife welcomes you back home' which I thought was lovely of them to erect in my honour. I arrived in Dublin late Saturday afternoon so after a much need shower (and a cup of tea) I headed down to O'Connell Street, which ...

... bodies....heh heh......or from something else like tree roots...or just really lumpy ground....(we didn't really investigate that too much!) Just as we started to celebrated a patch of blue sky, we heard a huge rip and had to sprint back to the car to out-run another storm!! We had our first Irish ...