DUBLIN, IRELAND
We arrived in Dublin pretty late that night and spent the rest of the night catching up with Emma, Claire and Aj. Mini 08/09 Reunion!
The reunion was complete the next morning when Brendan joined us for a bit of sight seeing. We checked out St. Stephens park, Grafton St, Temple bar and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the Guinness Factory. The factory was pretty cool! You learn all about how Guinness is made and at the end, you get a free pint. I was never really partial to Guinness before, but having it fresh or maybe its just the spirit of Ireland, I loved it. After the factory we went home and got ready for the evening. We went to this club called Palace and met a bunch of Claire and Brendan’s friends and it was great. Since then, anytime I hear “Tonights going to be a good night” by Black Eyed Peas, I immediately think of Ireland. I always think about dancing with Claire, tammy, Aj and Emma. DRINK! Maseltov!
The next morning we went to check out the pier in Dublin, Claire showed us around UCD then picked up some dinner and had a movie night at Brendans. We watched “The Unborn” Weirdest movie ever, but sure enough was great to quote. That night for dinner, we had our first experience at a Chipper. Chipper = heavy heavy food. Burgers and fries. You cant help but eat it and feel like dying afterwards. But even that feeling of death doesn’t stop you from going back. It was also our last night with Brendan, he was heading to Cork the next day to have some family time. It was weird saying bye to him because the first time I did it, I knew I’d been seeing him in a month or so, this time, I wasn’t sure when I’d be seeing him again.
The next few days were spent traveling out of Dublin. First we went to Glendeloche. Driving there made me realize how underrated Ireland is for beauty. I heard all these stories of the irish wanting to get away for holiday and although its small, it is a BEAUTIFUL place. Full of hills, (killer) Sheep, and it is so so green. Im not surprised about the greenness though, the weather is so bipolar. We could make walk a mile and go through three different types of weather changes. We ended that night with another movie, this one was called El Orfanato and it was the most suspenseful, creepiest and unsettling movie I had ever seen.
The next day was Emma’s last day. We spent it trying to get to Powers Court. The garden that they used while filming Pride and Prejudice. We didn’t actually get to see the garden because by the time we got there, they were about to close and wouldn’t let us in. We got Pub Grub for dinner that night. Pub grub is essentially bar food but a popular dinner choice. We had been hearing about it all week, but specifically bangers and mash (mashed potato and sausage). Claire dropped Emma off at the airport and after dinner we went back to her house. After a quick wine run, we relaxed at Claire’s house and spent some good quality time, talking, catching up and watching Mad Men.
We had a day which I would call it a simple Dublin day. We spent it on Grafton st, checked out Christ church and just hung out in the city. We went to a pub where they allow you to pull your own pint. We learned the special way to pull Guinness. Basically, we sat a table, with our own keg and pulled our own pints. After pints, we got dinner at Eddie Rockets- similar to Johnny rockets- then went to a pub where there was live music and Irish dancing. It was really cool and exposed us to the crazy Irish culture. I think the culture can be described as fun, loud, and crazy. I can dig it
Our last day in Dublin was spent doing a lot of last minute things. Last minute souvenir shopping, checking out Phoenix Park (home of their president) and having an amazing breakfast at this place called Lemons. Saying bye to Aj and Claire wasn’t bad because we planned on meeting later that week in London. LONDON!!!!!
We arrived in Dublin pretty late that night and spent the rest of the night catching up with Emma, Claire and Aj. Mini 08/09 Reunion!
The reunion was complete the next morning when Brendan joined us for a bit of sight seeing. We checked out St. Stephens park, Grafton St, Temple bar and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the Guinness Factory. The factory was pretty cool! You learn all about how Guinness is made and at the end, you get a free pint. I was never really partial to Guinness before, but having it fresh or maybe its just the spirit of Ireland, I loved it. After the factory we went home and got ready for the evening. We went to this club called Palace and met a bunch of Claire and Brendan’s friends and it was great. Since then, anytime I hear “Tonights going to be a good night” by Black Eyed Peas, I immediately think of Ireland. I always think about dancing with Claire, tammy, Aj and Emma. DRINK! Maseltov!
The next morning we went to check out the pier in Dublin, Claire showed us around UCD then picked up some dinner and had a movie night at Brendans. We watched “The Unborn” Weirdest movie ever, but sure enough was great to quote. That night for dinner, we had our first experience at a Chipper. Chipper = heavy heavy food. Burgers and fries. You cant help but eat it and feel like dying afterwards. But even that feeling of death doesn’t stop you from going back. It was also our last night with Brendan, he was heading to Cork the next day to have some family time. It was weird saying bye to him because the first time I did it, I knew I’d been seeing him in a month or so, this time, I wasn’t sure when I’d be seeing him again.
The next few days were spent traveling out of Dublin. First we went to Glendeloche. Driving there made me realize how underrated Ireland is for beauty. I heard all these stories of the irish wanting to get away for holiday and although its small, it is a BEAUTIFUL place. Full of hills, (killer) Sheep, and it is so so green. Im not surprised about the greenness though, the weather is so bipolar. We could make walk a mile and go through three different types of weather changes. We ended that night with another movie, this one was called El Orfanato and it was the most suspenseful, creepiest and unsettling movie I had ever seen.
The next day was Emma’s last day. We spent it trying to get to Powers Court. The garden that they used while filming Pride and Prejudice. We didn’t actually get to see the garden because by the time we got there, they were about to close and wouldn’t let us in. We got Pub Grub for dinner that night. Pub grub is essentially bar food but a popular dinner choice. We had been hearing about it all week, but specifically bangers and mash (mashed potato and sausage). Claire dropped Emma off at the airport and after dinner we went back to her house. After a quick wine run, we relaxed at Claire’s house and spent some good quality time, talking, catching up and watching Mad Men.
We had a day which I would call it a simple Dublin day. We spent it on Grafton st, checked out Christ church and just hung out in the city. We went to a pub where they allow you to pull your own pint. We learned the special way to pull Guinness. Basically, we sat a table, with our own keg and pulled our own pints. After pints, we got dinner at Eddie Rockets- similar to Johnny rockets- then went to a pub where there was live music and Irish dancing. It was really cool and exposed us to the crazy Irish culture. I think the culture can be described as fun, loud, and crazy. I can dig it
Our last day in Dublin was spent doing a lot of last minute things. Last minute souvenir shopping, checking out Phoenix Park (home of their president) and having an amazing breakfast at this place called Lemons. Saying bye to Aj and Claire wasn’t bad because we planned on meeting later that week in London. LONDON!!!!!
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