Dublin
Pictures: Dublin / Guinness Factory
Craig and I took a short RyanAir flight from Eindhoven, Netherlands to Dublin, Ireland (our first plane ride of the whole trip). We were only staying in Dublin for two nights, but we were just so overjoyed to be out of rainy and grey Amsterdam.
Our clothes were still soaked from all the rain in Amsterdam by the time we arrive in Dublin - so the first thing we did when we got to the information booth at the airport was ask for a hotel for 2 nights. And, we glad that we opted for the hotel (but my credit card took the beating) - we had access to all the BBC shows we wanted.
Since it was our only full day in Dublin, Craig and I tried to see as much as we could during the day. Ate an Irish breakfast (minus the blood sausage), walked the city, saw the bazillion Irish pubs, went to Dublin Castle and sat in the sun (it was a beautiful 22 degrees that day) and checked out the Guinness Factory and downed a couple pints from the 7th floor of the building. It's hard to get a real feel of a city when you're only in it for a couple days, but it had a uniqueness that I enjoyed - and was it ever nice to speak English without having to start a conversation with "um, do you speak English?".
Great food, Guinness, BBC - Dublin had everything we wanted, but it was a short visit - we had to be on the plane for Chicago the next morning....
Craig and I took a short RyanAir flight from Eindhoven, Netherlands to Dublin, Ireland (our first plane ride of the whole trip). We were only staying in Dublin for two nights, but we were just so overjoyed to be out of rainy and grey Amsterdam.
Our clothes were still soaked from all the rain in Amsterdam by the time we arrive in Dublin - so the first thing we did when we got to the information booth at the airport was ask for a hotel for 2 nights. And, we glad that we opted for the hotel (but my credit card took the beating) - we had access to all the BBC shows we wanted.
Since it was our only full day in Dublin, Craig and I tried to see as much as we could during the day. Ate an Irish breakfast (minus the blood sausage), walked the city, saw the bazillion Irish pubs, went to Dublin Castle and sat in the sun (it was a beautiful 22 degrees that day) and checked out the Guinness Factory and downed a couple pints from the 7th floor of the building. It's hard to get a real feel of a city when you're only in it for a couple days, but it had a uniqueness that I enjoyed - and was it ever nice to speak English without having to start a conversation with "um, do you speak English?".
Great food, Guinness, BBC - Dublin had everything we wanted, but it was a short visit - we had to be on the plane for Chicago the next morning....