Trinity Capital Hotel Dublin

... . We drove another 30 minutes to the airport to return the rental car and get the shuttle bus to the Trinity Capital Hotel. The hotel is nice, although slightly unusual. The furniture looks like it's straight out of Alice in Wonderland with huge chairs ...

... Like I said in my last blog, and as you have probably gathered from this entry's title, this weekend was spent in the Irish capital of Dublin. Let me start off by saying that this weekend was my favorite to date. I know I seem to say that after every ...

... find the venue for the Protection, Automation and Control (PAC) World Conference.  Trinity College was a reasonable walk from the Trinity Capital Hotel. After finding Trinity College, I asked a student where the Arts Building was located.  Soon ...

... so I sorta have the pick of the litter! I also got offered jobs at 2 hotels - The Gresham (on O'Connell St) and Trinity Capital Hotel which is down by Trinity College on Pearse St. Wages are not bad here and hotels are good because your pay goes up after ...

... , I landed early in the morning in Ireland. A friendly taxi driver took me to my hotel.  I checked into the Trinity Capital Hotel, which was one of the hotels options selected by the conference.  I have to question their choice... That said, I ...

... fairly central and help ready us to rock and roll through the city.  Our time is limited with only one full day to "do" Dublin, the capital and largest city in Ireland.  So we do our usual, split up, regroup, split up, and have at it.  ...

... pages of it. There were a number of other smaller old books but this was the main attraction. From Trinity College we walked westward past Dublin Castle, which we only looked at from the outside. We were really only passing through the area on our ...

... it was good that it hadn't become too Americanized. We took a walk outside down the walking street up to the edge of Trinity College to complete our shopping. Had it not been raining we would have definitely taken a stroll through the famed grounds. ...

... , washer, dryer, its like a house. Today we got up very early, 7A.M. We had breakfast in the hotel. We took a bus tour in Dublin (the capital of Ierland) We saw great things, make sure you look at the pictures of St. Patricks Cathedral, Trinity college, ...

... the fish or tart with the cart) was well photographed.   We then had to leave the River Liffey and Dublin  - The Irish Republic's capital and it's heart, and drive to Dun Laoghaire about 11km south of Dublin (English call it Dunleary) to ...

... history of Ireland. It was almost as though it was a non place that never existed. The coach dropped us off at Trinity College where a great many ancient manuscripts from the 11th Century are on display to the public including the Book of Kells which was ...

... and Barbara had fish and chips. It was a great meal and there is nothing quite like a pub in Dublin on a Friday night. This morning, after breakfast at the hotel, we went to see the Book of Kells in the library of Trinity College. The history of the ...

... the Irish are among the world's friendliest people and are great conversationalists. After checking in, we hopped on a tour bus near Trinity College which we rode to the Guinness brewery. There, we learned how the famous beer is made and about the legacy ...

... to center city.  Purchased a, "return" which is what they are calling round trip for a slight discount.  Hopped off at Trinity college and walk down Grafton Street, which was a mob seen.  It was mid morning but it felt like we were draggin ...

... It’s no doubt a working class city – much like Glasgow – but without the spirit of Scotland’s capital. There’s a real sense of hardship in the city, which makes the exorbitant prices even harder to comprehend. And while ...

So before we begin our travels we have to get married.......well it did not go in that order, we were planning the wedding first, the travel plans came later.  Well if you are going to have a honeymoon, it might as well be for a year!  After ...

I'll add more about the conference itself later... The conference had a wonderful Gala dinner at the 17th Century Royal Hospital Kilmainham, which is also the home of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.  First, I took a tour of their modern art ...

... being late with all the weather issues on the British side) but managed to chew up a fair bit of the city -- a stroll through Trinity College, where we skipped paying the 7euro entrance fee to view the Book of Kells in which you actually only get to view ...

... drive from Ireland’s vibrant capital city of Dublin. Easily accessible for day trips to the Guinness brewery and Trinity College, Dublin provides fabulous shopping on Grafton Street or an opportunity to visit to one of the cities famous pubs. Back ...

... Presidential Centre. They have loads of good stuff here, some of it housed in a library modelled on the library in Trinity College Dublin - a re-created Cabinet Room, a re-created Oval office, his daily duty-diary for every day of his Presidential terms, ...