Dublin Hotels - Reviews and Rates

17 September, 2009

So I arrived in Dublin a lot sooner than I thought I would. I was so busy blogging on the plane I didn't even have a chance to open the Vanity Fair I bought in the JFK airport or, more importantly, sleep. Loosing 5 hours, it was 5:15 a.m. when we touched down in Ireland.

Nervous as I waited at baggage claim, I k...

It's Friday; time is moving quickly! We awoke this morning, yet again, to the blast of the clock radio! This time, though, I think Hank cracked the code and tomorrow the radio will either not go off at all (hope, hope) or will start at 8 a.m. We dressed (duh) and went downstairs for our free 'continental' breakfast (which includes eggs, tomatoes...

A breif stop in Dublin saw us entering Ireland long enough to walk from Irish customs to US customs.Our visas were not sufficient to allow us into Ireland--in theory--but a bored customs official decided to skip the trouble of calling the airline for an escort for us, and simply waved us in to Ireland. So, we did officially enter Ireland, for ab...

So technially this isn't part of our travels, but it's the beginning, I'm startingthis up so Niamh & I can update you all on what we're up to!

This weekend everyone from Fairfield went to Dublin, Pat and I decided to take the 7:15 train, so that we could see more and not waste the day on the train. Even though it was early, it was really worth getting up at 6:00. Once in Dublin we found the hostel, and lucked out by getting an Apartment with Lydia, Christin, and Cait. Trinity College w...

He Said: We made it Ireland, and within a few hours of finding our first home away from home, we found St. Jame´s Gate at the Guinness Storehouse, or as I prefer to call it, Heaven´s Gate. All the folks at ABCNEWS can scrap that clipreel on cults and replace it with the attached photo of me, the new Marshall Applewhite, drinking Guinness, the ne...

oday was pretty much a travel day, so we didn't really do much except sit on different forms of transportation. We left Cork in the late morning and caught the 4 1/2 hour bus back up to Dublin, which was again a very scenic trip. Once in Dublin, we had to find ourselves a bus to Dublin airport, which we did. Then from Dublin we took a one hour f...

There were still some people left the day after the tour, so we got together and went to the Viking and medieval museum which was pretty good, followed by a visit to the Georgian Dublin castle (although its more a palace). I want to live there. In a few hours I've got my flight to Stanstead, and tomorrow I fly to Tallinn, in Estonia, for the Rus...

Today is the last day of the meeting, so we'll see how often I can keep you informed of my whereabouts, but I'll try! We have certainly been busy this past week- every night was between 3-6 hours of sleep! I guess that is what happens when you want to do everything. After our adventure to the Guinness Storehouse we returned to work, where things...

If we get to the Malahide Castle early, so we are the first tour, then we can make the flight back to Philadelphia. That's the plan and we are sticking to it. So it's an early morning drive down to Malahide Castle from Slane. Ok, this is a manor house not a castle, not a ruins or part of a castle. BUT It's impressive from the outside and the gro...