I was last week (from 26.Febuary - 1.March) at Dublin for a little vacation.The week before i was in Austria, but i still not have the photos in my hand, so about that tour will be later a blog entry :D
We took a lot of pictures, i will make a new photo album for them :D
It was my first flight with the plane!!! I love to fly with the plane.It is fun :D
So Dublin.Dublin is the main city of Ireland, so i expected a big big city.But it is not the fall.
People at Dublin are really really friendly and helpful.When they see, that you are lost, and with map in your hand, they come to you, and ask "Can I help you?".What I found really nasty, that buses, tram and train are really bad.You can not find a map, there is on, which bus goes in which direction, only the main stops are displayed.Even when you ask people, which bus, goes to for example to the Dublin castle, you will get these answers: "I don't use bus", "It is not far, only 10-25min by walk", '"It is .... bus, but i don't know where is the bus stop".And the bus cost a hell lot of money.
When you look around, you see, that people are walking, and on buses and tram are always a sitting place (i have not seen a bus full of people in this week.)
So the places, i loved in Dublin the most:
Christ Church catedral. It was the building, that we walk by the most.
Dublin Castle:it is really beautiful inside, outside...hmmm only one tower was left for the future, so you can not see castle walls around the castle.
Malahide castle:It is one of the oldest castle in Ireland, it is 20 minutes by train from Dublin.It was the family home of a big lord.We can not take photos inside the building...Maybe because of the ghost of Malahide ;) (People says, that there is a ghost along the family members, who owned the castle before,who appears, when there is a change in the castle, that he don't like....last time appear was in 1976, when the castle was sold to the museum....)scary :D
and the Temple Bar area.Temple Bar is the oldest pub in Dublin.
The place, that disappointed me was the Guinness storehouse.(bear factory) I hoped, that we will have a tour inside the real factory, but it was not the fall.They made a little museum from the old items from Arthur Guinness time.It was fun, but not a big deal.On the 7th floor there is a bar, from where you can see whole Dublin.(building in Dublin is max 5 level high, in the main city max 3 level high buildings).
So at all, i liked Dublin, and i want to return to Ireland and see the countryside big big castles.