We finally made it to Dublin around noon Dublin time. After taking an airport shuttle, we rolled our heavy, heavy suitcases to our hostel. It is so cute! It is called Abigails Hostel, and has served us just perfectly. Here is a picture of our quaint little room that overlooks the Liffey River. Pardon my roomies who are busy surfin' the net and making their beds..
So we went and ate at Oliver St. John Gogarty's.
And I ate a beef sandwich and chips. Nom nom nom totally hit the spot.
Then, we walked around and saw a ton of little Madeline's! Be still my heart! No Ms. Clavel though.
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| look closely... they are wearing cute hats and skipping merrily along |
For all my Mount girls out there, look who I met? Hey Sister Catherine McAuley! I sang the Suscipe with her.
Headed to the famine statues, walked along the river, and then we went and freshened up for dinner.
Dinner was a splurge. So, so, so yummy. We ate at a restaurant called Fallon and Byrne. I had salmon with delicious leeks and a potato cake. For dessert, I had a Knickerbocker. What is a Knickerbocker, you ask? It is like a parfait with whip cream, 'nilla ice cream, pureed strawberries, and crushed meringue. That is a recipe for deliciousness right there.
Then, we went back to Gogarty's Pub and I tried a Kilkenny beer. I'll give that a 7/10 on the beer taste scale.
Ok, so I am trying to get some beauty rest, when I wake up to a ton of F-bombs being dropped on the street below our window. Then someone was being beaten with a bottle. DRAMA, DRAMA! Then they saw me spying from my 3rd story window and offered to "shag me." No thanks. I'll pass. It was interesting, to say the least. So that was entertaining in a bad way for a good 3 hours.
Next morning: woke up early, went and toured Dublin Castle. So neat! Then, had a traditional Irish Breakfast. Again, nom nom nom. It was so much food, whenever I ate something, I felt like the other foods were feeling left out. Weird, I know, but I was sure to finish it all. Topped that off with a chocolate eclair and I was good for the rest of the day.
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| Portabella, poached egg, tomato, 2 types of pudding, 2 pieces of toast, bacon, sausage, Irish relish, and something else scrumptious hiding under the toast that I don't know the name of |
Then, we went to the Molly Malone statue. It is good luck to rub her bosom; I did not strike this pose just because I thought it'd be cool.
After that, we headed to Christ Church Cathedral. Beautiful, but like I said, I am still trying to learn to appreciate old cathedrals.
However, I did appreciate what we did next. VIKING MUSEUMMM! I was on the lookout for Eric Northman's relatives the whole time. True Blood reference. But at the museum I realized that I don't like wax figures as much as I used to. They creep me out a lot. Except this guy, who was there to emphasize that Vikings used to use moss for toilet paper. He was on a makeshift toilet, and whenever someone came by, a recording would go off making... ahem... flatulence noises and asking for more moss. I hung out there for awhile and just laughed... I needed an immature moment.
After that, we did a lot of people watching. A whole lot. And it was marvelous. We are now getting ready to board our plane to Bath. We will spend tonight (the 8th) and tomorrow night there before we head to Oxford. Hip hip, hoooooray!
Pray for safe travels!
Barbara
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