14 - 16 October
I arrived in Dublin late after a Ryanair flight from Brussels - which actually arrived early - and crashed at the hostel before spending the following day looking around the city.
It was quite a change from mainland Europe and immediately felt similar to what I'd have expected in the UK. Successfully dodging the left-hand side driving, I headed along the River Liffey, which was a picturesque spot in the early morning glare.
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| Dublin's River Liffey in the early morning |
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| Trade Union building and Custom House on the banks of the Liffey |
I didn't really have much planned for my one day in Dublin - I was generally passing through - but amused myself by just wandering around the Grand Dock, through a couple of inner-city parks and taking a look around Trinity College, Dublin Castle and Christ Church Cathedral.
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| Library Square, Trinity College |
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| My goodness, it's Molly Malone |
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| Synod Hall bridge at Christ Church Cathedral |
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| Miscellaneous castle tower...? |
Of course one compulsory visit was to the famed Guinness Storehouse & Brewery... How could one visit Dublin and not look deeper into the secrets of this famous stout?
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| Outside the Guinness factory |
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| Guinness advertising campaigns |
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| Perfecting the art of pouring my own pint... |
The next day dawned in typical Irish autumn fashion - with rain. After helping a poor lady who slipped and broke her ankle right in front of me at the bus stop, and several hours in the bus, I arrived in Galway on the country's western coast. I took the opportunity in the afternoon to explore the town a bit - it wasn't that large - and booked myself onto a trip out to the island of Inis Mór for the next morning.
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| Waterfront houses in Galway (with typical Irish weather) |
For more about Ireland, read on to part 2...
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