“MY GOODNESS MY GUINNESS”So before we could take the bus into Dublin we had to go get myself a new piece of luggage. What an annoying thing to happen when you are traveling like that in another country! The zipper was tearing away at the seams and I had no room to risk traveling onto Italy….because I knew I would be shopping there! Luckily, with a suggestion from one of the staff at our hotel, we drove only 5 minutes into a cute little town of Swords and hit up TK Maxx around the corner. Yeah – it was TJ Maxx, same logo and everything but for some reason in Ireland it’s called TK Maxx. So I found a ridiculously large piece of luggage for a good price….and I left my original luggage behind in the room when we left.
After we took care of the luggage ordeal we headed into Dublin and got a dose of the city life in Ireland. We walked all around Dublin, taking in the city sights. We visited Christ Church Cathedral, Trinity College, and of course would it really be a trip to Dublin without chilling out in an Irish pub taking down a tall smooth milkshake-like pint of Guinness – NO! And hence, i have rediscovered Guinness. I forgot what a great stout it is ☺ Though we could have done without the crazy irish speaking guy that wouldn’t stop talking our American ears off…..even the local irish bartender was getting annoyed with him and asked him “where are you from” – he knew it wasn’t Dublin. Turned out it was Belfast. So once I finished my Guinness, we escaped crazy irish man and hit the pavement for more city exploring. We had dinner, per a recommendation from one of the young girls working at the Castle, at a fabulous quaint, super small off the beaten path, Thai restaurant called the Chili Club. Thai in Dublin – it was great! The entire day & evening was great.
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You will have to rent the "docudrama" Bloody Sunday. It came out in 2002 and tells the story of the events in Derry (Northern Ireland, outside of Belfast) that inspired the U2 song. Fun U2 fact: 2008 was the 25th anniversary of their music video filmed at Red Rocks in Denver!
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