WEEKEND
IN DUBLIN ---26th July 2003 Some
of us decided to go to Dublin last weekend. We left Derry at 06.45 a.m. by bus
and we arrived in Dublin at 11.00 a.m. We went to a bed & breakfast, which
we had looked for previously. It was a cheap hotel. We wanted to take advantage
of our time there, so immediately we decided to go for a walk around Trinity College
where the University is placed. Afterwards, we went to visit Dublin Castle and
St. Patrick's Cathedral where we took a lot of photographs.
In the afternoon we visited the famous Temple Bar and we had the opportunity to
listen to live music in streets. We also saw some little markets where you could
buy second hand books, clothes and several souvenirs. We returned to the hotel,
and after having rested we went out to get to know the Dublin night life. We had
some problems getting into some pubs because of a number of reasons: some pubs
were packed with people, they did not allow trainers and so on and so forth. However,
we think that the main reason was that we were Spanish. We were told that going
to Dublin might be dangerous, but we had not any problem regarding this. Since
we were tired and we could not get into some pubs, we went to bed early.
The following day, after having lunch in the hotel, some of us went to Old Jameson
Distillery where we were told about the process of distilling whiskey and we could
try it.
Finally, we took the bus at 6.00 p.m. and we arrived in Derry at 10.00. In general,
everybody enjoyed the trip.
Picture
from lonelyplanet.com and
from http://cincystreet.com |