Dublin Cottages
Travel Blogs from Dublin
Arthur's Day
Arthur's Day: an excuse for everyone in Ireland to party and drink Guinness. Read more about it here. Anyway, this was a great night to celebrate one of the best parts of the Irish culture. Also, Mumford ...
Tombs and ruins and castles, oh my!
... and everything has been excavated, parts of these tombs predate Stonehenge. They're shaped like large grassy domes. You can walk inside some of them (we were able to walk inside a small one in Knowth and the large Newgrange. Inside the grass dome, rocks hold up the structure...kind of like a igloo with rocks? That's what I thought of anyway. The purpose of these sites varies from burial grounds to meetings place and spiritual gatherings. I appreciated ...
Some FANTASTIC work connections !!
... has been in terms of work.
Hans has organized a rental car beginning next Tuesday – we are both anxious to ‘get out of Dodge’ and see green and hear quieter. Walking here is a contact sport – so many people walking everywhere and people really don’t get out of each others’ way. So you need to have your head up.
Enough complaining for one day – next week it will be oooh’s and aaah’s about the ...
Dublin Castle and 5 Mile Beverage Runs
... was a beautiful park with little brides over little lakes and streams. Nice flower displays and birds everywhere, which is a positive and a negative. These birds are fearless and will eat any food if left unattended.
We briefly went to Trinity College as well. It's a very aesthetically-pleasing school with a lot of rich history. The Book of Kells is housed there. Although I opted not to see it, as I felt the 8 ...
Three Days of Joy and a Lobby Chorus
... was born is Scotland and the sister was born in England. They moved to the States many years ago and had plenty of stories to share, they even had my Uncle as heir travelling overseer! The world is smaller than I thought. The sister was the stereotypical grandmother. She had bright rosy-red cheeks and a smile that instantly melted your heart. I'd call her grandma any day!
Today, our final day of the convention, was (and is) ...