Herbert Park Dublin

... planted lavender cutting (stolen from a friend's garden). The clocks went back an hour yesterday and I'm still trying to figure out any logical reason why anyone would think this is a good idea. In a week the days will have got so much shorter that it will be dark in the morning when most people are crawling out of their beds anyway, but it will also be dark by 4pm soon too. So it will mean dark mornings will be coupled with short evenings...Thank god for music. <br ...

... contacting the people who were supposed to store our luggage for us, but we either couldn&#8217;t get through (thanks to the pay phones), or if we did (compliments of random friendly Irish men who let us borrow their cell phones), we got only voicemails. I can&#8217;t tell you the chaos our plans were in at this point. I was stuffing euros into internet surf computers, as Mikey attempted to get to ...

... supposed to board according to the screens. In airports outside the states there are much clearer lines drawn between gate areas and eating/shopping lounges. I find it all very strange. But basically you don't actually "go to the gate" until what feels like the last minute, and when you get there you are cut off from food and newsstands. Personally, I don't like it at all and I find it to be very silly...<br><br>Especially when your plane is ...

... tri-fold pamphlets. We were welcomed to have a look inside the sanctuary while we waited for our guide to begin the tour. The chapel was nice enough. The beautiful pump organ dates from AD 1724. The stained glass window is nice. There is also an interesting piece of furniture called the &#8220;Penitent&#8217;s Desk&#8221; at which sinners would make public confession when they were at odds with the clergy in order to be allowed back into the congregation. <br><br>Soon we were met ...

... long.<br><br>A new life with great memories is waiting for us now. Thank you so much for following us during this journey. I hope you enjoyed reading us and that we managed to pass a bit of our emtions through our words and images. Thank you for all the comments, emails and texts from everyone!!<br><br>See you all very soon...on either side of the sea!<br><br>

... to see a part of Ireland other than Dublin, and made us wish we had a lot more time to see the rest of the country. As I mentioned, my interest in Irish history had been reignited (I enjoyed that module in school) and it just so happened that as I finished the book I'd bought in Carlisle, Leon Uris's Trinity was sitting on the hostel bookshelf, so I swapped it. Part of what drew me to it was the fact that one of my students read it for his Level 2 reading log last ...

... were completely messed up and took a little bit more than a map and some attention to navigate our ways through the streets of Dublin. From the busier shopping districts to the louder bar district, and nearer to our housing/business district we had to pay close attention to hidden half Gaelic road signs. It's green in Ireland, yes this is in fact true, would you have guessed it? St. Stephens green is a sure sign of this, a beautiful park, very well kept with fountains and ...

... is bad everywhere) and finally I decided to hobble to the post office, which is only a block away, to use the internet. Seeing as I can't get a shoe on my right foot I'm only wearing a sock, which is getting me some funny looks but I don't know anyone here so what do I care! My mate arrives from England tomorrow and we head up to Cork to pick up a hire car - luckily we're going by train and it's a 3 hour ride so I should get plenty of rest on the way! More to follow soon...

... it in a new direction of security at the cost of comfort. I mean it's DUblin not ****ing Baghdad. You have to be buzzed in the front door every time you want to come in. You have a magnetic card to get into your room, which lasts 10 minutes. You want to go out for a smoke? Leave your room, go smoke, speak to a receptionist and get your card recharged. Want to get a snack from the fridge? Grab it then go get your card recharged. Also, they cleaned ...

Ok, so we actually got to Dublin on the night of 6/3 (as I wrote about on the previous entry). As soon as I stepped off the plane, it was apparent that we weren't in Germany anymore. Not that I'm complaining, since I could read everything and fully understand all that was being said around me, but I will say that I would gladly pay 20-50 cents everytime I use the bathroom if that means that it will ...