Hotel Comfort Inn City West Dublin

... we made our way out to Temple Bar. The girls introduced me to cider, which I had never tasted. I had always known what apple cider was, but didn&#8217;t think people really drank it unless it was served hot at Christmas time. Much more popular in Europe than in the states, Bulmer&#8217;s Cider is made in Ireland from apples or pears and served cold on tap. The girls warned me that cider wasn&#8217;t a very posh drink, but I found it delightful nonetheless.<br><br>We had a ...

... used today in the same manner that our White House is used. <br><br>It is almost the end of our last day in Ireland and tomorrower we wake up and begin the 17 hour journey back to AZ. I for one can say I am really happy to be going home. See my dog Morgan and all my friends and family also to feel as we are on two feet again and just not hitting the ground running every day! <br><br>Racael<br>

... a couple of us went out for our first official Irish Guinness, and the first legal drink that I've had in my life. So we walk into Smythe's, a pub in Ranelagh, all excited and (for absolutely no reason), a little nervous. Walk up to the "barman," and are just about to give him our drink order when we see a sign behind the bar saying "You MUST be 21 years of age to be served alcohol." Can you believe it?! The first bar that we happen upon in Ireland ...

... and holding onto your beer went hand in hand I guess.<br><br>Daniel told us a lot about Irish humor, such as showing how some Trinity students had placed a plaque dedicated to a Pastor who had "died" crossing the River Liffy Bridge in 1918...well, that guy had never existed. Of course when the city council wished to remove the plaque the people resisted and held memorials to that poor pastor.<br><br>Daniel gave us a taste of Irish Rhyming humor, telling us that any ...

... really follow only 2 rules for these drives. If we see a playground we stop (that way the kids are happy) and if we see something we think might be interesting we stop (that way we are happy). Plus, we always bring snacks! It doesn&#8217;t really matter where the road takes us, we just enjoy the not knowing of what we are going to discover or find. At the end of the day we just put in "home" on the GPS and it&#8217;s always fun to see the trip it ...

... they tried to give us a smaller car than ordered, then additional charges and the racket of returning the car with an empty tank of petrol and you are charged for a full take no matter what. Racket. Got our right size car and left Dublin. We are not big city people. Would not use this hire car firm in Ireland again, would check others to see if they had the same policies. Will add photos later

Ok, Gonna try this but not sure how well We'll keep up to date, Myself and Michelle are off on Our long journey to Lima tomorrow. With two stopovers in Philedelphia and Miami we will eventually make it after approx 20 hours of travel but we know its going to be worth it. After months of hard ...

... crazy work for the moment was done - and all the hanging in the dungeon was making us work up an appetite! So we went to the pub/restaurant down the street. They actually had table service. I had the pesto pasta with garlic bread - that lacked pesto...and lacked garlic...but was good nonetheless. After we grounded ourselves from all the after-airport craziness, we headed back to the hostel, but on the way stopped at a really nice convenient store ...

... over there (archaeology and natural history). Both of which are shut on Mondays. Although the national history museum is closed till further noticed as a staircase collapsed. Nice to know they look after their buildings. So I went next door and saw an exhibition on Yeats at the national library. This was actually quite interesting as I didn't really know much about yeats and he certainly had his hand in many many pies. In ...

... we could not fit one of our bags into the bin. Ryanair, is a budget airline and has strict guidelines for bags. We are forced to pay $20 to check the bag. After we made it across the runway, I was settled in row one of the Jet. I had my ipod set to 'The Tea Merchants' to get me even more in the Irish spirit! The Irish spirit was quickly deflated as we landed in Dublin an hour later to gushing winds and a torrential down pouring of rain. The world looked so ...