Dublin

Hello!
Internet has been patchy, but I'm FINALLY able to blog and catch you up!

Currently I'm writing from Amsterdam, but I'll save those adventures for tomorrow now that I know where to pick up Wi-fi.

Flying into Dublin was a whirlwhind. Dillon and I flew from Seattle to Toronto, where we had a 4 hour lay-over, and then from Toronto to Dublin. For about the first two days, we were completely disoriented as to what time or what day it was. We left August 1st at 8:30am and landed on August 2nd at 8:20am.



Overall, our flights went smoothly. We had a short delay, but otherwise we occupied ourselves with crosswords and the books we bought for the trip. And for the record, my backpack is exactly 22lbs. even though no one has checked haha.

On landing, we were told about a deal for a 'hop-on, hop-off' style bus which would give us a free ride and tour around the city, as well as a ride to and from the airport. An option like that was very relieving since we hadn't planned anything.

We stayed in a hotel called The Durban House, which was pretty central and just off the main drag in Dublin.




Dublin proved to be a pretty quiet city. Highlights included:
1) drinking my very first Guinness at the first Guinness brewery






2) delicious scones at the Queen of Tarts


3) drinking at the Palace Pub, where we got to hang out and talk politics/agricultural standards/human rights with an Irish man named Dez


and 4) the Dublin Castle, which is not medieval like I thought it would be, but a Georgian-style, built on the remains of the medieval castle. The cool part about our (free) tour was going underground to see remnants of the old castle they had unearthed.






I'm so glad to finally be in Europe. Dublin was a good time and it can only get better! Feel free to e-mail me or leave comments :)

xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com