The Kingston Hotel Dublin

... got us into museums, breweries, cathedrals, etc. We found a wonderful little place for lunch then headed off to see as much as we could in one day! Our first stop was at Christ's Cathedral. Every cathedral we see I am awestruck! I cannot believe the engineering that went into these buildings at a time when they did not have the devices available today! Simply amazing to me!!! We walked down to the Guiness ...

... words, Dublin has begun to feel like home.

The funny thing--and this I can't wrap my head around--is that while the streets and city itself may now be familiar and homey, I have more or less no understanding of the culture that fills it. Of course, I've picked up some new terminology ("Grand" instead of "Great"; "Brilliant" for "Awesome"; "Top Up" for "Recharge"). I've grown accustomed to some of the quirks: ask any one around here where you ...

Hi to all....A sunny warm day greeted me when I woke up...After a leisurely breakfst spent the day walking Dublin...Up O'Connell St., over to Temple Bar and a stop in at the Clarence (upscale hotel owned by U2)...more time on Grafon St., leisurely lunch at Davey Byrnes pub (figures prominently in James Joyces's Ulysses)...a quick visit to the Ireland Naitional Musuem...meander back to the ...

... our day-- flying from New York to Ireland. Hours later we landed at Shannon Airport and sailed through customs like a breeze. All the luggage was safely there awaiting us!

Our first stop was Bunratty Castle, where we toured the centuries old rooms, tapesteries, and unique statues. We learned from a guide some of the items that wouldn't be noticed by ordinary people, like that the walls have ears. They had small circles ...

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... had some incredible views and was just simply amazing. Then we went in to Killarny for another night. That night some of us went to watch European Football (American Soccor) at a restaurant it was fun to watch. Then it was back to the Hostel for a short rest break and a shower. Then we went out for a night to watch some traditianal Irish dancing. It was a lot of fun. We watched some really fast dancers dance Traditional Irish and then I watched another band and ...

... soaked up to the knees of our jeans. We saw the new Mummy move (regrettably since it was the worst movie we had ever seen in a theater) and then decided it was time to warm up in the hotel for a while. For dinner we found an AMAZING tapas place in a wine cellar, just off the main shopping mall. We had an exceptionally good dinner finished off with desert and Baileys.

... a nice trip and we noticed how manly the place was - everything was large, big waterfalls, big areas of barley, loud sounds, smells, tactile things, with large all-capital fonts. I didn't get drunk. I got my wussy half-pint of Guiness and thought it was absolutely disgusting. Too bitter. Even after I wussed out and added the black current, it still sucked. I'm just not a beer person. I promptly ordered a diet coke. Then, yes we went to jail. We went to ...

This is a copy of an email thread between me and I-TO-I my volunteer work placement, probably best to start at the bottom!      Hi Again Megan. happy new year!! I've managed to raise about 1600 at this point, but may have a little more to collect.I've got it lodged in a bank account, so it will alway be accounted for. I plan to pay for the rest of my volunteer placement fee, and then take the rest to the ...

... so it didn't cling to our skin but they're definitely not the most comfortable or attractive "clothing" in the world. We soon gave up when we were at the back of performances and there was nowhere to sit and eat with it raining so we went in search of a cafe/pub. Same things here mostly. I love how you go through a small door here and then it leads on into a bigger room and seems to be so many hidden corners, steps and niches. We found a pub - or maybe it was a cafe ...