My last full day in Ireland, I was blessed with clear blue sky and sun so I took a train out of town to a small sea-side fishing village, Howth. When I first bought my ticket to Ireland, I had…
trinity university
While in Dublin, I spent one morning at Trinity University. As Ireland’s oldest university (founded in 1592!) you can practically feel the pride and tradition echoing off the grey stoned buildings to mix with a thoroughly modern student body and pulse from its city central…
st. stephen’s park
St. Stephen’s Park was one of my favorite finds in Dublin. Wandering down the shopping center of Grafton Street, I caught a glimpse of an arch that reminded me a little too much of home not to investigate further. What I…
Dublin details
They are my favorite things to watch for and discover in a new place: the details of local life. If I could capture the way the streets sound, the way the people walk, the way stones feel under my feet,…
Dublin
Dublin wasn’t what I first expected. The picture I had in mind (thanks in large part to the movie P.S. I Love You) was quaint, green, and calm with lots of gingers mixed in. Dublin though as the country’s capital and holder of 1/6th…
happy to be home
Guess what? I hopped over to Ireland for a few days. I have to tell you, it wasn’t quite what I expected – it was lovely with kind people and beautiful countryside, but we’ll get to all that tomorrow. What I…