Ireland - Day 1

[agt_spooky]

Hey guys!

Greetings from Dublin, Ireland!

Had a fantastic first day here yesterday, as you can see by the photos. It was the first warm, sunny day they'd had in a week! We got in around noon and stayed out till about 10 pm. We walked and walked, just taking in the sights and sounds and people. Dublin is a busy, crowded city, but very vibrant.

I went to my first Irish pub and had my first Guinness! Woot! I'm not a beer drinker but I have to admit it wasn't bad. It turns out the Irish love the Americans (especially our accents). I was getting chatted up everywhere we went. At that pub a young Irish guy (Daniel) sitting across from us in the rooftop beer garden immediately turned when he heard me speak and proceeded to engage me in conversation for 45 minutes! It was actually really nice. :-)

We went shopping on Grafton Street, their biggest shopping district, and I picked myself up a few things. Then we went to St. Stephen's Green, a huge park kind of like a smaller version of Central Park in NY. Really pretty. We sat and ate lunch there.

Thanks to a tip from Daniel we had a great dinner at Fitzsimmon's pub, where he told me I had to get the Irish stew, since I like lamb. OMG, it was so good! They had a live band that night so I got to hear some traditional Irish music. Loved it!

Our last stop of the night was at the famous Temple Bar, for another pint of Guinness. Holy crap that place was crowded! They had live music, too.

Oh, the pics of Christ Church Cathedral is the view I have outside my hotel room window. Pretty stunning, eh? It's been nice listening to the bells.

My friends have wedding stuff to take care of today so I'm doing a hop-on-hop-off bus tour that Claudia recommended. It's another sunny day so I'm going to take advantage of it. It's supposed to be chilly and rainy here for the remainder of our stay. Blah.

Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow morning to post some pics from my bus tour before we check out of the hotel and head to Trim, where we'll be for the rest of the trip.

St. Stephen's Park:



Look! I found a Supernatural connection! Apparently I'm "Sam's". Heh.





Grafton Street shopping:






I loved all these colored doors!



Dublin Castle:



Christ Church cathedral. The view from my window:









And once again, last buy not least, myself and lausbub0402 at St. Stephens:

Comments

[donelbo.livejournal.com]

REALLY COOL!!!!
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME!!!

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

I've never travelled overseas and would love to see England and Ireland and France and Italy, sigh. It will never happen, only in my dreams, so I love to live vicariously through others and have really enjoyed your sharing this trip with us.

[deanvica23.livejournal.com]

france yeahhhhhhh

[queeberquabbler.livejournal.com]

YAY Temple Bar and Guinness! I haven't been to Dublin in a decade, but I did love it. Hopefully you get out of Dublin and see the rest of the country! It's so damn beautiful.

[feldspar2.livejournal.com]

Hey, Sam's Barb(hee)! Glad you're having a great time!

Is that the really dark Guinness? I had my first(heh)at a little pub that's here in Orlando, and since I know next to nothin' about liquor I just ordered what was on the coaster, which was Guinness. Usually I put ice in anything I drink, so the dark Guinness was a real shock--very strong and nutty, and it took me some getting used to, but I liked it.
Aren't pubs GORGEOUS? I went to London years ago and they seem to be on every corner!

Hope you find a pot of gold and/or a four-leaf clover...

[deanvica23.livejournal.com]

it's magnificent dublin a city that i wish to visit. Take me a card if you can sweetie.

[shiny-starlight.livejournal.com]

Glad you're having an awesome time hon. Enjoy Ireland. It's gorgeous. Are you heading down to Waterford on your trip? That's my home town. I miss it!

[morganslady.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics, sounds like you're having a great time.

[dairwendan.livejournal.com]

Hey!

I didn't mean to miss out commenting on Germany but NOW you're in IRELAND, baby!

That rocks!

I hope you're having a super time! You look great! Stay safe!

[fifimom.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

Awesome pics.
Glad to hear you're having a good time and that the Guiness wan't too bad. :)

[maguie.livejournal.com]

omg All the pictures are beatiful!!!

I love too the colored doors!!

and OMG the castle with the sun its WONDERFUL

This is amazing, really....

[rivercritter.livejournal.com]

It's such an incredible city!! I'm so glad you got to go there and that the locals turned out to be as friendly as I remember them.

I think

[winchesterwoman.livejournal.com]

I am way late by answering, and maybe some of the old post won't have an answer, but, I will do my best effort, you always post interesting things, so, let's see what you have left in store :P

So, did you came in love from europe? is not that beautiful the old continent?

Re: I think

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I absolutely fell in love with Europe. The beauty, the history, the people. I want to go back as soon as I can!