Jury s Custom House

... with a beer. Note to self: try and remember to check for loo paper before the event, not after. Onwards past the old Custom House, and a ferry office proudly displaying its old and now condemned life rafts. I guess one should be grateful that they do at ...

On this day, we woke up and had breakfast at our Salthill B&B, the Roncalli House.  We went for a nice walk along Salthill "prom," overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.  We then drove into Galway and spent some time in an internet café to update ...

... Mac, Libby and I went to an Irish cabaret. Lovely meal, followed by superb music, dancing and comedy. Really great. At Jury's Hotel  beside the Liffey. The Jeannie Johnston, sailing ship and famine museum directly opposite our room. Lots of road noise, ...

... hub of the Emerald Isle and peak hour traffic on weekdays are not much better than London congestion Zone. We checked into the Jury's Inn at 2pm. The spacious and beautiful mid-rise is bang in the center of all activities  but unbelievably quiet. ...

... and sat down. I always leave my door open because I want people to feel welcome, but no one ever enters my house without permission first, that is the custom here. So I was leery of this man that I knew of but had never spoken with. Since I was cooking I ...

Easter weekend we decided to go to Dublin and have a look around. We got a bargin of a flight on the way back only costing us £0.49 + taxes. We set off late Friday night and got into Dublin around 11pm after the huge flight of 40min. Our cabby was a ...

Not a real good day today. I think I am getting to the stage where I am ready to be at home. Been away almost 5 weeks and missing everyone and monty and our home. So today I decided I would have a mini meltdown. We slept in this morning, didn't wake up ...

We went through Waterford and Enniscorthy this morning, before stopping at Avoca to see Ireland's oldest handweaving mill. We had lunch at Glendalough which was very beautiful, but it was also wet which put a damper (lol!) on the outing. We eventually ...

Dublin is a great city and very easy to get around.  There is the dart, luas and buses.  I was suprised by how many comedy clubs there are all over Dublin, some with big acts.  There is also a comedy festival in July with acts from all ...

Craig, Patrick and I took the train and spent 2 days in Dublin. It was a great ...

I arrived in Dublin after a long and weary flight from Lima in Peru. The trip itself wasn't too bad as I managed to secure exit row seats on each of my flights. I was also adopted by and old Peruvian man who liked to talk so that helped to pass the ...