A long long day to travel the rather small distance from Iceland to Dublin, via London. Icelandair would not forward our bags direct, which meant we had to pick up our bags at Heathrow, go through customs etc....it took forever.
After our 3.30am start, we arrived at the hotel, very tired, at 5.30pm. Thought we would have a rest before tackling the cold, yes very cold here as well. Silly thing to do, didn't wake up till 8 the next morning. Although hungry, we felt fully refreshed and rested.
Unusually sunny weather greeted us in Dublin and we started seeing the sights of Dublin by hop-on-hop-off bus - seems the city is full of pubs, churches, breweries and parks and the obligatory castle. We had a wonderful eveinging on Friday at the Brazen Head Pub, Dublin's oldest pub - a night of food, music, folklore and stories - extremely entertaining and good fun.
Walked up to the corner from our hotel for our last meal in Dublin - to The Hairy Lemon - don't you just love the name - more importantly though, the food was good.
Slán go fóill
Ann
After our 3.30am start, we arrived at the hotel, very tired, at 5.30pm. Thought we would have a rest before tackling the cold, yes very cold here as well. Silly thing to do, didn't wake up till 8 the next morning. Although hungry, we felt fully refreshed and rested.
Unusually sunny weather greeted us in Dublin and we started seeing the sights of Dublin by hop-on-hop-off bus - seems the city is full of pubs, churches, breweries and parks and the obligatory castle. We had a wonderful eveinging on Friday at the Brazen Head Pub, Dublin's oldest pub - a night of food, music, folklore and stories - extremely entertaining and good fun.
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St Stephens Green |
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| St Patricks Cathedral |
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| Typical Irish pubs |
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| Statue of Molly Mallone - sells cockells by day and ?????? by night |
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| Christ Church Cathedral |
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| Dublin's favourite ale |
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| Dublin Castle |
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| Temple Bar area - very hip area to be seen in |
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| Popular shopping area of Grafton Street |
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| Trinity College |
Slán go fóill
Ann
Oh yes I remember all these places in Dublin. We were only there for a couple of days but Dublin is a special city...so much going on...loved the pubs and the Irish folk bands and the Irish stew!!
ReplyDeleteJohn loved his tour of the Brewery and the Guinness! Still looks cold though! Loved hearing about Iceland and your photos are wonderful Ann!Where are you staying in Dublin...isnt the River Liffey a delight...not!It looks more like a canal than a river!!Keep up your good work..I look forward to hearing the next instalment. Ciao Annette