Kilkenny & Dublin

We made another day trip out of Dublin to the town of Kilkenny. Luckily we got the reduced price for the Kilkenny Castle which resulted in each ticket only being 1,50 Euros. A bargain if I can say so myself. Tours like this always weird me out a little as it's really odd to have rooms recreated. Obviously, a room and its items cannot be 100% original or authentic, but it's really weird knowing that the entire room is fake.











Back in Dublin (on another day) we took a tour of Guinness. I actually had never tried Guiness until Paris when A. bought one to accompany his dinner. I'm not a fan of alcohol. Or more accurately, I don't care for alcohol. I don't have any moral objections to it, I just don't drink it.




Learning how to drink a Guinness. This glass was so cute.


View from the top floor.
Overall Thoughts
We were blessed with pretty good weather in Ireland. Overcast (generally) but thankfully not wet. The interesting thing was that our hostel was 50m away from a nightclub which resulted in a lot of noisy nights. Thankfully I can sleep through noise these days, but was still a little annoying having music being blasted till 5am. Aren't there any regulations or bylaws?

Would I re-visit?
Dublin no, but the rest of Republic of Ireland,. yes. An emphatic yes. I would love to visit the West Coast. Sadly, I didn't have the time (and I guess money) to make this happen this time around.

Howth, Dublin

Oh Ryanair. The flight from Edinburgh to Dublin was 45 minutes and the plane was delayed 1 hr. Naturally. Dublin was gloomy except for the day that I went to Howth. Actually I am in Germany currently and seeing even a moment of blue sky makes me happy. I don't even know what I would do if I saw the sun.

14th December 2014
On the second day in Dublin, we went to Howth which is an outer suburb of Dublin. It was super windy however this simply resulted in incredible clouds.










These reminded me of the thorns from when Maleficient places the curse on Aurora and the castle.


Central Dublin

I would highly recommend the penisular walk provided that it is good weather.