This blog is a bit of a test for our 2 week USA road trip we are taking in Sept. Day one of our short trip to Stratford for a couple of days break before I hit the 4-0… The day started with glorious weather (considering the last months weather anyway). Car was packed and … Read more Stratford 2013 Day 1 – 5th June
The day started with us feeling particularly sprightly, bearing in mind we went to bed in the early hours after drinking beer, cocktails and shots, and we were awake at 8.30. We had to check out by midday, but we wanted to be out by 11 as we wanted to do the Jameson Distillery, the … Read more Dublin Day 4 – 19th February
Today started with a walk to the river, to see the other end of town, before we jumped on the train to head off north to Howth. Caught the 11:36 train, 25 minutes later we were in the small fishing town of Howth. We walked around the harbour, to the lighthouse, snapping away on the … Read more Dublin Day 3 – 18th February
A quite night, we met in the hotel bar for a quick drink before heading out onto the streets if Dublin with pretty much no plan or idea of where we were going The only thing we decided was that we were going to try something other than the Temple Bar area, and look for … Read more Dublin Day 2 – 17th February evening
Up quite early after a relatively late night, out the door by 9.15 ish. That’s early for us, particularly on holiday!! Took a quick snap of the front of the hotel, before heading off into the city for a quick walk around the town. Today was quite a bit cooler than yesterday, and it wasn’t … Read more Dublin Day 2 – 17th February 2013
Started the evening off with a drink in the hotel bar, then headed off to Hard Rock Cafe for some food. Tasty but expensive (and unhealthy!!!) Went to a local bar where the played Irish toe-tapping music