Oct 29, 2004We woke up early, got showers and ate a quick breakfast before we dragged all our luggage to the bus station. I can't believe we didn't stay in Belfast, Ireland for more than just one night. If you ever get out to Ireland here's what I'd recommend: Trinity College, the National Museum, Christ Church cathedral (amazing if you like medieval style), St. Patrick's Cathedral (Johnathan Swift's old haunt) , the National Gallery and a pub crawl through Temple Bar. If you still have time try to get out to Dublin Castle and catch a tour of the Guinness Brewery!
We headed straight from Belfast to Dublin by bus, so we didn't even get a chance to stop at any of the little rural towns or villages along the way, which was a real bummer.
Dublin was beautiful, but there were still many buildings and streets showing scars from "the Troubles" of past years. The bar next door to our rooms in the Chelsea hostel was peppered with bullet holes from a tragic night when someone opened up a machine gun on the patrons.
We spent the rest of the day seeing as much of Dublin as we could cram into it, and had dinner at the Hairy Lemon Pub. I HIGHLY recommend their lamb stew, it was absolutely delicious, and very nicely priced within a traveler's budget! We stopped at the mall and some local shops for souvenirs, then back to the hostel for baths and bed.
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