Ireland!!!

No, I have not disappeared off the face of the Earth for the past week. Been very productive in fact, if I may say so (conspiring wink to my fishy-eyed darling) Anyway, for those who didn't know, I was on a trip to Dublin, Ireland and it was wonderfully delicious :)
You know you're in Guiness Land when you see this all around you

The Spire.. along O'Connell. You could say this is Dublin's Avenue des Champs-Elysees where all the major high end retailers are gathered.

That's the Spire you see rising into the sky



some random sculptures along O'Connell





What's so ironic about this 2 shots is that the sculpture of "Boxing Rabbit" is facing the monument of this saint. The saint of...

pai seh, I mean Apostle of Temperance

As Buddha said, " Lay down your arms and you will raise the ground you're on into Nirvana"



That's just some random church, but the building beside it is the Writer's Guild. It's sort of like a showcase for all the brilliant writers Ireland has produced. Prime examples are Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift of "Guiliver's Travels" fame, etc etc. Trivia: At least 8 Irish writers have been conferred the Nobel Literature Award. I apologise for the lack of more pictures. This is actually going to occur quite frequently as most of the exhibitions we visited didn't allow photography.

For the visually impaired (like me), that reads : Garden of Rememberance. Think WWII. Need I say more? Excellent place for a breather and just chill after a long hike though :)

Inside the garden









The Dublin Gallery was also in the area. Just beside the Writer's Guild in fact. We did take nearly 2 hours to walk to this building after the Writer's Guild though... simple case of... forgetting it was there :P





Shaddies!!! Ling and Daph succumbed to the glaring sun and bought some nice shades to protect their eyes.

Trinity College in Dublin... one word... POSH











Oh, I nearly forgot, here are some shots I managed to sneak onto my phone :P





Memorial to Oscar Wilde



I agree whole heartedly

The memorial was situated in a park called Mount Joy...



And as it was so warm, we went out in flip-flops everyday!

A snap shot of Grafton Street. A shopping area. Think... Orchard Road this time around.



Are you afraid of the dark?













add that all up and you get this

it seems to have adverse effects on people

even though they would like to claim otherwise of course

in case you can't read that last line, it says "So each copper holds 172,800 pints"

This was taken in Gravity Bar. At the top of the Guiness Brewy. It commands a breath-taking view of the city through its glass walls all round

Daphne

Ling

Me

note: was NOT drunk when I took this pic



Pic says it all



Part of the old city walls







(waves back) I miss you baby

top of the walls



Temple Bar is a colourful quarter of Dublin City which, almost accidentally it could be said, over the years developed a bohemian 'Left Bank' character, while retaining in its cobbled streets and old buildings a charm no longer to be found in many other parts of the city. It now bustles with loads of pubs, bars, restaurants and random knick knack selling stores.

One of the many eataries found in Temple Bar area. Don't ask me about food in Dublin. I didn't have a SINGLE bad meal. I repeat for emphasis. I enjoyed EVERY meal we had in Dublin. The English should be ashamed of themselves...



That's St. Patrick's Cathedral in the distance. He's the patron saint of Ireland.















Inside the Cathedral itself...











We decided to get away from the city for a day went took a train to Malahide to check out the castle there once owned by the Talbot family. It was their home for 800 years!





Do I look like chip or dale?







CIAOZ~~~