Dublin, Ireland

We arrived in Dublin safe and sound on July 10th around 6:00pm. We ventured out to find our free shuttle to the hostel we were staying at, Paddy's Palace and were we ever in for a treat when we stepped outside. IT WAS POURING! We ran and waited for our shuttle and took the 30 minute drive to our hostel. We got checked in, dried off and were hungry so asked the guy at the hostel where we could go for some good Irish food. O'Shea's which was just down the street from our hostel was the place to go. We sat down and enjoyed a delicious bowl of Irish stew. We called it a night early as we were exhausted from the day of travelling. On July 11th we were up early to enjoy a free breakfast from our hostel and then headed out to the National Leprechaun Museum. We even got to sit in a Giant's Chair, Patrick finally got to know how Tam feels. :) After we continued to the Old Jameson Distillery to see how the famous Irish Whiskey is made. We got to enjoy an hour tour and really enjoyed it. At the end of the tour we got to enjoy a nice Jameson. We headed out to the supermarket to buy some food to make supper. We made a great tasting spaghetti and called it a night as we had to be up early to enjoy a free tour to Kilkenny. July 12th was an early start for Tam as she was up at 6:45am to get ready for the tour and then woke Patrick up at 7:00pm so he could get ready as well. We sat down and ate breakfast and then headed out for the tour at 8:00am. We first went through the beautiful Wicklow Mountains to a Monk Monestary, Saint Kevin's. We got to take a 3km hike to the Upper Lake which both reminded us of Lake Louise, absolutely beautiful. After we headed more into the Wicklow Mountains to head towards Carlow where a Portal Tomb was at. It was like a hunebed but instead of small rocks there was one large rock placed on top. We got back on the bus and headed to Kilkenny where we got to spend 2.5 hours. We decided not to spend any money as we will be spending 2 days with Tam's Mom in Kilkenny but know where we want to go with Sandy when she comes. We got back on the bus around and arrived in Dublin around 6:00pm. We visited with Jason, a guy from Austrailia in our room and invited him to join us for supper at a small pub, The Celt. It was an amazing night, we had a great visit and a delicious meal. We headed back to our room and exchanged numbers with Jason to host each other when we go to Austrailia and when he comes to Canada. We called it a night as we were all exhausted. Today we slept in as long as we could as we were tired from the day before. We got up and enjoyed breakfast and then got ready to tour around Dublin. We met Jimmy, a guy from Manchester, who is staying in our room and he showed us some things to see in Dublin. We ventured towards the Dublin Port and towards their beautiful glass Stadium. It was a day of relaxing and visiting with the roomies in our room. What an amazing time in Ireland we have had so far! Just to think it will become even more amazing when Tam's Mom arrives in 2 days. We cannot wait for her to come and where the real adventure begins.
Love From,
P&T in Dublin, Ireland