Dublin

It feels like it has been years since I’ve traveled to London and Dublin. I just finished a two-week Spring Break which is why I haven’t posted in a while, but my trip to Ireland quickly became one of my favorite places in the world.

After our drama at the airport, we thought we would want to relax for a little before heading out to see the city of Dublin. Instead, we dropped our things off in our hostel and got right into it!

Lucky for me, my friend Shannon studied abroad in Dublin last semester so she was able to give us tons of tips about seeing Ireland. She suggested we take the Hop On Hop Off tour that most cities offer and gave us all the stops to get off at.

We first stopped at Trinity College, which was a really gorgeous campus that we got to walk around. Didn’t compare to UMD, though ;)

Our next stop was at St. Stephen’s Greens, which was just a beautiful park and all the flowers were blooming! Afterwards, we stopped at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Unfortunately, there was a mass going on so we weren’t able to go inside, but we walked the grounds and it was stunning.

And of course, we went to the Guinness Factory. We saw how the stout is made and even learned how to pour our  “Perfect Pint.” We got lunch inside the factory after we finished up the rest of the tour and headed out once more.

Our final stop (after the longest day in history) was at Kilmainham Gaol. It’s a super old jail which I was dying to see. Our guide was awesome and we learned so much about the jail, like how it was one of the first single-cell jails, but it didn’t stay that way for long because of the Potato Famine. We were standing in the hallway at one point and he told us that dozens of prisoners would stay exactly where we were standing just to get out of the cold and have food. It was really amazing to see it all.

We got a typical Irish dinner (mm, I love Irish food) and crashed super early because of our long day and our even longer day tomorrow!

We caught a bus at 7:30am that would take us to the Cliffs of Moher with a couple of other stops along the way. We first stopped at one of the many Castles in Ireland, and then went to see a really old Abbey. The countryside of Ireland is gorgeous, especially with all the short stone walls everywhere. I totally fell in love.

We were then off to another little town called Doolin. We got lunch there and some gifts and then it was finally time to see the Cliffs of Moher. These are hard to describe, but here a few pictures that hardly do it justice:

We saw a third of Ireland in one day. We got dinner at a pub and then suddenly, our long-awaited trip to Ireland was over. It was one of the best weekends of my life! It was exhausting, stressful, and long, but over all, it was one heck of a trip.

Hopefully that isn’t my last time visiting that gorgeous place.

So, until then,

A

Here's the video from London and Dublin:

(Eh bien, c'était bien de parler anglais encore! En dehors de cela, notre voyage à Londres et Dublin a été incroyable. Je suis tombé en amour avec les villes et j'espère vraiment qu'un jour, je pourrai y retourner. Il est toujours bon de revenir à Nice. Je la manque toujours quand je suis loin!)

And of course.. here's some pictures of delicious food in Ireland: