Tara Towers Dublin

... the hall. It smelled like smoke, the carpet looked dirty and paint was peeling from the ceiling in the bathroom. As you might expect, we were very unhappy. Jim wanted to get our money back and go out and find another place. I suggested we call the desk and see if we could get a better room. Jim dialed the desk and politely voiced our complaint. The desk clerk could not have been nicer. She immediately switched our room and came up to give us a new key. She ordered a bell ...

... them. Slainte= pronounced slancha means cheers. Ishlebaha = whiskey (which everyone is either drinking or talking about drinking or reminiscing about drinking). and my personal favorite Feck= it is the polite way of using the f word, today i heard a nun using it. <br><br>OK well thats it for now, I'll update later on when my Ireland trip is over with the run down of what and who and where.<br><br>I love you all so much <br>dina <br>

... really interesting to learn about some of Ireland's political history where it all took place.<br><br>We then returned to Belfast, where we were given tickets for the bus. We could return to Dublin anytime that evening, but most of us hopped on the first bus home since we were so exhausted! While on our tour, we met a guy our age from Winnipeg, so we chatted with him most of the way home. He even knew one of Camolyn's old classmates ...

... of the campus, but we needed to get to see the Book of Kells and the Old Library before closing at 5pm. <br><br>I had pre-paid our entrance fees online for the Book of Kells (&#8364;11.00), not because I could get a guaranteed entrance time (you can&#8217;t), but because it&#8217;s one euro cheaper when paid online, and I was quite sure we would be visiting, so why not save a euro? At the same time, I had looked at a map of the Trinity campus so that I would know where to go ...

... were playing some Irish music. Since Guiness beer is famous coming from Ireland, Greg bought a glass so our group could try it. I didn't bother tasting it. Most people took a sip to say they tried it. We didn't stay long and though we had a group of 6 people, there was still about 1/3 left in the one glass of Guiness that was purchased. We crossed the River Liffey which is the main river running through the heart of Dublin (on which the Logos Hope was ...

... I should correct that above statement as I don't actually believe that she needed me at all, for she has the support of her wonderful family, but if I was going to continue to be in her life, as a boyfriend or more importantly as a friend, I needed to provide strength emotionally. Understand that I cannot go into the details of what Heather is going through, it would not be right as I must respect her privacy. Just know that she is anchored to events that happened during the summer in ...

... Before the tour we sampled some fine tripple distilled Irish whiskey with dry. What a delight. The tour was very interesting and informative, and to have the maker of Ireland's most popular and finest whiskey, John Jameson, actually being born in Scotland made for a very entertaining tour. Next on our schedule was Bec's corny tour of Dracula's den. Ooooh. This was an interesting train ride out to one of the suburbs ...

... headed back to the hotel to pack. Being Easter and all I called my parents to say Happy Easter and finally tell them I had traveled to Dublin alone. Turns out, the Easter celebration was at our house and I was able to chat with everyone from the family...it was a great end to a wonderful weekend. Of course the next morning I was getting up at 6 to catch a bus to the airport for my trip around Spain. Barcelona here I come.

... they just keep going. :) Took those open top, double decker city tours around these past couple of days, they are really helpful. It was the only way I could find where the tattoo shop was I wanted to get to. I'll be getting a tattoo on wednesday from this Italian guy. Should be sweet. Not sure what is going on with my documentary. I'll know on thursday what will become of it. I'm killing time in this internet cafe while I wait to go on a ...

Last night we had a third round of viewings for the house - and this time we appear to have come up trumps! 3 interested people, and one that we're keen on in particular. A family of 4 with two kids - ages 2 &amp; 7. By all accounts the 7 y.o. loved the little single bedroom, and flew up the dodgy stairs like a thing possessed. It'll be a real load of our minds if their references check out and they move ...