Ireland

For my spring break Sean (my brother) and I decided to go to Ireland. He works for Jet Blue and they just started a partnership with Aer Lingus, an Irish airline so tickets were less than $100 round trip. We figured we could not miss out on a deal like that, and off we went!

I had the delight of being surrounded by a bunch of jr high and high school kids on the way there. They were totally crazy and we flew all night so needless to say when we got there I was tired. Nevertheless, we got off the plane around 5:00 am, took a bus from the airport into Dublin, and found our hotel. The guy at the front desk could not find our reservation so we sat in the restaurant in the lobby and waited until the receptionist showed up at 8:00 am. When she finally got there, we gave her our bags, ate a quick breakfast in the restaurant and we were off to explore Dublin. We had hoped we could check in early but there were not any available rooms so we made the best of it!

We started off the day walking through a beautiful park in the middle of Dublin. Dublin is a pretty small town, especially considering I spent a few days in NYC before, and we figured out we could walk it in a couple of hours. It is surrounded by the River Livvy which drains into the ocean, and the architecture is amazing. The buildings are all hundreds of years old and Dublin houses the oldest college in Ireland, Trinity College. It is a really small school, but it makes Dublin feel like a college town. Here are some pictures of the buildings with in the college. The streets are all cobblestone and the library houses all the ancent Irish books and manuscripts:



After touring the college we took a half day tour around the coast. It was nice to sit and listen to the tour guide, but I had a hard time not falling asleep! We drove through cute neighborhoods and along the beaches with our final destination being............................