The Westin Dublin

Dublin found Tim and myself staying at the Westin Dublin, touring Trinity College, and hosting Pink Shirt Night Dublin.  I went on the tour of the Guinnes Brewery and Tim and I both met up with Liam, a friend of Tim's.  We drank Bulmer's ...

... Blarney Castle in the rebel county of Cork. It was my chance to give the stone a big juicy smacker to get the legendary irish good luck. Today was an exciting day and tiring so we headed off to our hotel, The Westin Dublin Hotel. To get some sleep.  ...

After Galway, we returned to Dublin on the train (3 hr ride). After resting a bit, we met up with my colleagues at the Clarence (U2 lives in the penthouse when in town). Two of them had just finished the hop on/hop off tour. We had dessert at the Clarence ...

... usual chain shops that we'd find in England, and a few independent shops as well as tourist shops selling everything from "Dublin" mugs to full on leprechaun outfits. We personally had a soft spot for the bright green leprechaun hat, complete with beard. ...

... was beautiful and warmer than Chicago which was a plus. Thanks to our Mom's great discount we were able to stay at the beautiful Westin Dublin for $89 a night. We traveled to the coast one day (Howth) which was gorgeous. We spent two days exploring Dublin ...

... started next door at the Trinity College, where we found the Book of Kells. Later took the bus and made our first stop at the Dublin Castle. Quite a dissapointment and we decided not to pay to get in. We went on to St. Patrick's Cathedral. This was quite ...

... right after dinner, while the girls went out. We found a pub playing traditional music and pushed our way through the crowd to a table in the loft. The atmosphere was great. Band playing, people singing along, everyone is so nice in Dublin! ...

Cold & wet day for the Parade but it didn't seem to dampen spirits!  Champagne Lunch at the Westin Dinner at ...

Hi everyone, Well, a few of you have already heard the story of my slightly painful but very very funny weekend in Dublin, but I haven't actually written the whole shitty story down for anyone. So it all started with a seemingly normal American coming ...

Sunday is our day of rest. We still made it out, did a little shopping and eating. We visited the Leprechaun Museum and learned some folk lore, which helped explain the characters entertaining folks on the streets in Temple Bar. The occassion is ...

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... our Yuan for a two day Kungfu intro we took in the local scenery and bedded down for the night (not exactly the Westin Dublin!). Itinerary as follows: 5am - wake and first training session (warm up run (yes Amy was always last) and stretching) ...

... because I wasn't willing to queue up for hours to see the most interesting Pavilions. I did see the Irish one (no queue there!!) which was fairly interesting, but very Dublin-centric. I joined up with my new Tour Group in Shanghai on my final day there! ...

... the fun of the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. First stop was Tinakilly, a lovely historic house just south of Dublin. Further south Ballymaloe is a another wonderful country house famous for its food - there is an internationally recognised ...

... with our new found friends and stopped for dinner at the Brazen Head in Dublin with the whole gang. Our guide, Dave was kind enough to take us to dinner and then back to the Westin. a great end to a wonderful time in Ireland. We can't wait to go ...

... spend the couple of hours between sit by the pool sipping cocktails. Of course when we got up the next morning it was like Dublin in January, absolutely beating down. So we had little choice but to collect our bags and head to the airport. When there we ...

... (Kevin Note: at this point, I officially placed this hotel room in my list of top 3 hotels I have stayed in - after the Dublin Westin and Waldorf Astoria - NYC). After this eventful hello we started our wine touring. We first decided to go to Francis Ford ...

On landing we soon realized the advantage of US. immigration in Dublin as all passengers on our flight were diverted past immigration and directly through to luggage claim. Bags found, customs sorted and we were on our way. Well not quite, the power ...