This past weekend I discovered a new city: Dublin. Jéssica and I went with another couple to visit Marta, a friend of my wife who has been living there the last two ages years. It was a trip that I was looking forward to because everybody spoke well of Dublin. I have to say that it was worth it!
Our trip to Dublin has a lot of anecdotes.
After we bought the flights, we started looking for a hotel. For a reason we
don’t understand yet all of them were very expensive. Therefore, we decided to
rent an apartment. We found one in the city centre very cheap and well
connected, and we decided to book it. Everything looked all right until one
morning that Laura told us that the woman had cancelled our reservation. Drama!
We started looking again for somewhere to sleep and it was impossible to find
anything. All the apartments, guesthouses and bed and breakfast were full and
the hotels left were too expensive for a weekend. After a hard search we booked
two rooms in the Ibis Hotel (30 minutes away from the city centre) with
breakfast.
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| The Spire |
We hadn’t started our trip and we already had
many a lot of inconvenience problems. A few days later, we read that in
Barcelona’s airport there was a strike and we also find found out that the tram
that took us from the hotel to the main street of Dublin was affected on Sunday
due to maintenance works. Hopefully, nothing affected us and we didn’t have any
other inconvenience.
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| St. Patrick's Cathedral |
One of the best things of going to visit
someone is that they explain you a lot of things. Marta took us to the see the
Spire, Dublin’s General Post Office where the Republic of Ireland was
proclaimed in 1916, St Patrick Cathedral, the Old Library in Trinity College
where the Book of Kells is kept. We also crossed the Ha'penny Bridge and went
to see the Temple Bar, one of Dublin famous pubs. Marta took us to some of the
nicest parks, we walked around the main streets full of life and we also met
the Prime Minister. We saw one of Oscar Wilde’s houses and had time to go to a
few pubs and walk around Dun Laoghai. Marta, who answered all of my questions,
became a great tourist guide.
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| Temple Bar |
Everything in Dublin is in walking distance and
we had plenty of time to see the main attractions. Obviously, we couldn’t visit
any of the museums but we had to prioritize. We finished tired because we
walked a lot and we didn’t stop much but it was worth it. It was great to
practice my English and enjoy a new country. After visiting Ireland, I only
have Northern Ireland left as I have been in Scotland and Wales before. Maybe
someday I will fly to Belfast to complete the five countries.
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| Ha'penny Bridge |
It is not a big city but it inspires good
vibrations and I think it is a good destination for a weekend, specially, if
you find someone like Marta.
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