Dublin
Trip Start
Dec 08, 2006
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Trip End
Mar 25, 2007
Dublin,
Ireland
Saturday, January 13, 2007
6 hour layover in Heathrow London and hop on an earlier flight to
Dublin. However, poor Vin was rudely awakened by My 8am call from
London saying I am arriving early! So, i got into Dublin at about 8am
and it was so great to see a friendly face as I arrive (note, i usually
arrive to all strangers so this was a nice change). We headed back to
his new little slice of life in Rialto part of Dublin which is an up
and coming area right in the heart, well, close enough to the city and
directly on the Luas - the great tram through town.
I caught up
with friends Saturday night but due to serious jet lag or more
accurately travel lag seeing it was only a 6.5 hour flight from London
to Chicago, i had been up about 30 hours with all the layovers. I spent
the weekend in Dublin which was surprising a really cool town. Very
busy place with lots of hustle bustle on the very old streets. i just
love the feel of the old buildings and things like the General Post
Office are even nostalgic seeing it housed the Easter Rising (more info
available in history books!). So, i explored Dublin Sunday and Monday
went to the amazing Book of Kells at Trinity College. This was a must
do from what everyone had told me and i agree. These bibles are amazing
and the long room was phenomenal housing the oldest books owned by the
college including original shakespeares and other historic documents.
more later,
