ireland - day 3
note: if you're itching to see all the photos, they're available here on my flickr site.
today was, quite honestly, tiring. we set our alarm clocks & headed to dublin early. it was about 3.5 hours from where we're staying, but we wanted to see the city.
we rode a double-decker tour bus, which i love. i enjoy the commentary & frankly i see a lot more of the city that way. plus, it stops at all the major touristy places making my life easier. and i'm vacation - my life should be easier, right? :)
we didn't tour the guinness store house. we talked about it, but in the end neither of us really enjoys beer. so we skipped it. marlana did, however, have a guinness with her lunch today. i tried it - not bad.
the river liffey, which cuts through dublin east to west.
we did get off the bus at st. patrick's cathedral. we shot photos around the exterior, but didn't pay for the tour.
a random dublin building. sorry, i don't retain much of the information given in the commentary ... as much as i like hearing it. :)
the bus makes a loop in one place, plus was doing some detouring as the munster rugby team was being paraded home from their championship the day before. and we rode part of the route twice. apparently i liked this church. because this is the first shot i took of it.
and then i shot it again half an hour later.
and then i shot it again about 5 hours after that.
this little sign was above the door on the top of the bus. i think it's just good advice no matter where you are.
we had lunch in dublin at o'brians, i think. a nice place with carvery lunches (choice of a half a dozen meats & then as many of the dozen or so sides available that you want). nothing in the eating area seemed to suggest that the bathrooms would be lit by black lights ... so that was a surprise. :)
we hit several souvenir shops, as well, but still didn't find my sweatshirt. i've got a few days left to hunt ... i'll find it!
dublin was nice, but i enjoyed yesterday at the cliff's more. when the countryside is that beautiful, why spend time in the city? we headed home, grabbed take away at the pink potato cafe in adare & chilled out at the villa. marlana gets extra credit for driving in dublin. the first parking garage we tried finding literally ended with a sign pointing us to an empty ally. and it took katie some time to get her bearings to lead us back out when the day was over.
i haven't been able to pass up the irish candy selections. the top one was bought simply because it said "it's NOT for girls" on it, and i've never been good at following rules. :) it was just milk chocolate; nothing too special. the other two were very tasty. white chocolate with hazelnut filling and dark chocolate with praline filling. yummy.
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'becca thinks she driving through the mountains tomorrow.
today was, quite honestly, tiring. we set our alarm clocks & headed to dublin early. it was about 3.5 hours from where we're staying, but we wanted to see the city.
we rode a double-decker tour bus, which i love. i enjoy the commentary & frankly i see a lot more of the city that way. plus, it stops at all the major touristy places making my life easier. and i'm vacation - my life should be easier, right? :)
we didn't tour the guinness store house. we talked about it, but in the end neither of us really enjoys beer. so we skipped it. marlana did, however, have a guinness with her lunch today. i tried it - not bad.
the river liffey, which cuts through dublin east to west.
we did get off the bus at st. patrick's cathedral. we shot photos around the exterior, but didn't pay for the tour.
a random dublin building. sorry, i don't retain much of the information given in the commentary ... as much as i like hearing it. :)
the bus makes a loop in one place, plus was doing some detouring as the munster rugby team was being paraded home from their championship the day before. and we rode part of the route twice. apparently i liked this church. because this is the first shot i took of it.
and then i shot it again half an hour later.
and then i shot it again about 5 hours after that.
this little sign was above the door on the top of the bus. i think it's just good advice no matter where you are.
we had lunch in dublin at o'brians, i think. a nice place with carvery lunches (choice of a half a dozen meats & then as many of the dozen or so sides available that you want). nothing in the eating area seemed to suggest that the bathrooms would be lit by black lights ... so that was a surprise. :)
we hit several souvenir shops, as well, but still didn't find my sweatshirt. i've got a few days left to hunt ... i'll find it!
dublin was nice, but i enjoyed yesterday at the cliff's more. when the countryside is that beautiful, why spend time in the city? we headed home, grabbed take away at the pink potato cafe in adare & chilled out at the villa. marlana gets extra credit for driving in dublin. the first parking garage we tried finding literally ended with a sign pointing us to an empty ally. and it took katie some time to get her bearings to lead us back out when the day was over.
i haven't been able to pass up the irish candy selections. the top one was bought simply because it said "it's NOT for girls" on it, and i've never been good at following rules. :) it was just milk chocolate; nothing too special. the other two were very tasty. white chocolate with hazelnut filling and dark chocolate with praline filling. yummy.
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'becca thinks she driving through the mountains tomorrow.
Labels: ireland
posted by 'becca at 11:59 PM
1 Comments:
So boys like boring chocolate? Maybe the warning is so that girls with good taste won't be disappointed? Sounds like dumb marketing to me.
i have to wonder if Guinness is any better in the land of its birth than it is here.
i love double-decker busses too!
i believe in you... you will totally find your sweatshirt.
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