First thing's first - the actual trip--- getting there. We booked a train ride from London to Holyhead (Wales) where we took an Irish Ferry across the pond. It was a long trip over all- 5-6 hours to get there. The train ride was not terrible but the ferry ride was an hour long and super shaky. I never have been motion or boat sick before and I had to sit down for the majority of the ferry ride. :/
My first thought of Dublin was- where's all the beautiful stuff? Dublin was a typical, dirty city. It seemed dark a lot of the time- even when the sun was out. I cannot say I was very impressed with the actual city, but the night life made up for that 100%. The pubs in Ireland are everything I had hoped for. They were vibrant and exciting and just overall fun. The music- live music may I add- does not seem to stop ever. Every single time I passed a pub- whether it be in the afternoon or night time- wonderful musicians were showing off there Irish talent. :) One of my very favorite things about Irleand has to be the music they play. It is beautiful in so many ways. I found mostly men played at the pubs, but one night we went to the Temple Bar (very popular bar in Dublin) and there was a women playing guitar and singing. She reminded me of Janis Joplin- she was quite amazing. The wonderful thing about the music is that there was a lot to choose from- depending on what you wanted to hear. Some pubs did the traditional Irish music (which was amazing to say the least) and some did funk/jazz and others played more modern/american music like The Script and so on. The variety was made every pub something new and different.
Besides the music being played in the pubs, there was also loads of musicians outside on the streets around Temple Bar playing for money. They were all pretty good too, which did not make me feel bad about taking my gelato ice cream on the corner and listening for a while. :)
One of the unfortunate things about Ireland, especially Dublin is that the price of everything is so high. A typical lager was about 5.70 Euro- which made it at least 7-8 dollars. I sadly spent 30 Euro my first night on drinking and going to a club (which sucked super bad btw). I'll have to say Dublin wins with the pubs and London wins with the clubs.
The last day we were in Ireland we went on a tour of the country. It was by far the best part of being in Ireland. We got to see all the beautiful rolling green hills and the waterfall in p.s I love you. <3
More pics to come soon!
Cheers~
Chantelle
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