Dublin, Ireland
When my parents came to visit for the Easter Holidays (study time for some, travel time for others), we started the journey with some exploration of Dublin.
I showed off some essentials (the Trinity campus, the Book of Kells, Grafton Street, St. Stephen's Green, and MacTourcaill's), but we also checked out some stuff that I hadn't seen yet.
Mom really liked all the wrought iron fences. She took a lot of pictures of them. These are right outside Trinity Front Gate.
My dad and I in front of the Arts Block.
Dinner at Mactourcaill's-- my first time having food there, but it lived up to expectations.
We also got to visit Dublin Castle, tour Christchurch Cathedral, see the Dublin Writer's Museum and the national Archeology Museum, and go on a musical pub crawl.
The starting point of our musical pub crawl-- touristy, but still fun.
My dad and I in the Dublin Writer's Museum. We are not great at taking pictures of ourselves.
While walking through temple bar, we stumbled on a book market. I found a couple of really cool maps that were really out of my price range.
Our super-beer-trip began here with Guinness at Mactourcail's (and just about every other meal), and a sampler of Porter House beers. We also managed the best purchase of the trip right at the beginning: my new Radley wallet from Arnotts (the Dr. Suess department store).
Our last day in Dublin, we took a train to Howth and spent most of the day hiking and, of course, eating the local fish and chips. Even though you have to sit outside, Howth was probably the best fish and chips I found on my trip.
No comments:
Post a Comment