Jury's Montrose Dublin

... with people collided around 3 in the afternoon. Your man Gerry in the caf later said there were several dead ...

... Different-good, not different-bad.

The Infrastructure
Laid back can also mean complacent. Enough said.

(along the same lines...)The Banking System
Archaic.

The Traffic.
Oh god, the bane of my life. I swear every person in this country must have 2 cars each (even the children).

Cost of Living
Extortionate. I still convert to New Zealand dollars and it still hurts just as much as my first day ...

... less-than-flattering side. I mean, every city has it, but I'm surprised that they don't try to build up the area around the Storehouse more. When we arrived at the Storehouse, we went on a guided tour of the brewery (essentially a bunch of reading about the ingredients and brewing process), and then we go to "pour our own pint." There is a fine art to pouring Guinness, so we received instructions and then practiced. (see pics) We then ...

... the map we used was very poor and after an hour of walking we decided we could not find it and headed back into town.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland miocene

... Brown Eyed Girl). We arrived early enough to get prime seats right in front of the band. It was a great night of singing and making a few German, Dutch and Irish friends along the way. After our early start I was, thankful that it is easy to close down a pub since they close at midnight. Onto hopefully much warmer and sunnier weather in Croatia!

... Are you happy to be back?" I don't really know how to answer that one . I do ...

... beat. I think the only place further away is Antarctica. But I did eventually fall asleep, after gorging on as much internet as I could handle, which I'm glad I did because it's 5 pound for 1 hour here, but I had my morning fix so I'm okay. I went to visit the Roman Baths this morning. I stalked it before it opened and waited, which turned out to be an excellent idea because I was one of about 5 when I was doing the outside thing and taking photos. Outside the actual baths themselves ...

Well im all settled in.I'm going to be here for a week, might as well get comfortable. I took a taxi here luckily it wasn't to far so my fare was around $20, and breakfast was $5.Sounds cheap but thank God for McDonald's dollar menu. I'm going to get sick of McDonalds but now that m actually IN Dublin i'll start eating irish foods. Well with only $2,296 left lets see what I could do for today...

... VERT!!! Demain matin nous volons vers Londres pour 3 jours!!! Au programme: location de velos, encore beaucoup de marche, musee, plusieurs photos et quelques autres bonnes bieres (Fred)... du fort pour Jade... Tout va bien, nous sommes en sante... Jade n'aime pas les dortoirs (PU JAMAIS) mais bon elle survit!!! bizouxxx a tous!!! Fred et Jade!!! p.s. Salut special a mes 4 namours, Charlie,Mathilde, William et Leandre!!!! J'ai hate de vous voir!!!

... for dessert. The Tiramisu has some coffee-ish substance in it and a strong flavor. Pub hunting After dinner, we went to a pub called The Oliver St. John Gogarty. The first floor was filled with revellers listening to modern day rock and dance on CD. Upstairs we found a traditional folk band ...