St. Stephen's Green
Friday, January 21, 2011
MAN I HAVE BEEN LAZY ABOUT THIS
so it has been about 16 days since our last blog post, and I intend to keep up a lot more in the future.
first off: DUBLIN happened
Nora and I took a bus to Dublin because it's just something you have to see when you're in Ireland. A few highlights from our tour:
This is, as far as I could tell, a very old College that was very pretty, and is located very deep within the city and not far from where we got off the bus. It's also the place where the Book of Kells is, but we didn't see it. The reason we didn't see it is because we would have had to pay 8 euro, and we've heard it's not that great. You only get to see 2 pages of the whole thing because they're afraid to turn the pages.
This actually had some pretty noteworthy stuff, given that it was FREE. A pretty large collection of W.B. Yeats who is apparently a very big deal here. He was an Irish writer/artist that we keep finding in various Museums and classes. There was also a small room containing a piece by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Velazquez, Picasso, Van Gogh, Cezanne and Goya. So yeah.
This place is alot like the Science Museum in Minnesota. It's full of fun little things and awesome exhibits, but they all have to do with GUINNESS. Theres a room where the walls are covered with tall stalks of hops, making the whole room smell like hops. Halfway through the tour you are offered a free half glass of Guinness to observe/smell/taste in a very classy way. Then, at the end of the tour, you can exchange your ticket for a free pint of Guinness.
Overall, I drank 4 pints of Guinness while in Dublin. That's half a gallon.
first off: DUBLIN happened
Nora and I took a bus to Dublin because it's just something you have to see when you're in Ireland. A few highlights from our tour:
- Trinity College
This is, as far as I could tell, a very old College that was very pretty, and is located very deep within the city and not far from where we got off the bus. It's also the place where the Book of Kells is, but we didn't see it. The reason we didn't see it is because we would have had to pay 8 euro, and we've heard it's not that great. You only get to see 2 pages of the whole thing because they're afraid to turn the pages.
- National Gallery
This actually had some pretty noteworthy stuff, given that it was FREE. A pretty large collection of W.B. Yeats who is apparently a very big deal here. He was an Irish writer/artist that we keep finding in various Museums and classes. There was also a small room containing a piece by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Velazquez, Picasso, Van Gogh, Cezanne and Goya. So yeah.
- GUINNESS FACTORY
This place is alot like the Science Museum in Minnesota. It's full of fun little things and awesome exhibits, but they all have to do with GUINNESS. Theres a room where the walls are covered with tall stalks of hops, making the whole room smell like hops. Halfway through the tour you are offered a free half glass of Guinness to observe/smell/taste in a very classy way. Then, at the end of the tour, you can exchange your ticket for a free pint of Guinness.
Overall, I drank 4 pints of Guinness while in Dublin. That's half a gallon.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Finally a Post About Ireland
It's been a while since either of us posted because we've been very very busy. Also, uploading videos to Blogger takes a really long time.
We are in Galway! And boy is it something. The exact apartment we live in is not very representative because we are quite a distance from the center of the city and it's located in kind of an industrial park, but Galway is AWESOME.
The layout of the city is that it's located on a Bay, by the river Corrib. There's a city square called Eyre Square (pronounced "Air Square"), and there are a number of cute shop streets and pubs that sprawl away from it. Shop Street (guess what's there) is sort of an equivalent to State Street on Madison. Today we went there and found an awesome place called McCambridge's, which looks like a very fancy and expensive grocery store and deli, but actually offers delicious sandwiches for a surprisingly cheap amount (about 3 euros). That's pretty cheap, considering I payed 7 euros yesterday for the equivalent of a Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese meal. What is that, 9 dollars?
We saw a bit of the university where we'll be studying and we'll be attending Orientation tomorrow. Can't wait til classes start because right now there's not much to do except buy things.
Haven't bought a sweater yet but that is one of our goals.
More information, pictures and videos to come!
We are in Galway! And boy is it something. The exact apartment we live in is not very representative because we are quite a distance from the center of the city and it's located in kind of an industrial park, but Galway is AWESOME.
The layout of the city is that it's located on a Bay, by the river Corrib. There's a city square called Eyre Square (pronounced "Air Square"), and there are a number of cute shop streets and pubs that sprawl away from it. Shop Street (guess what's there) is sort of an equivalent to State Street on Madison. Today we went there and found an awesome place called McCambridge's, which looks like a very fancy and expensive grocery store and deli, but actually offers delicious sandwiches for a surprisingly cheap amount (about 3 euros). That's pretty cheap, considering I payed 7 euros yesterday for the equivalent of a Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese meal. What is that, 9 dollars?
We saw a bit of the university where we'll be studying and we'll be attending Orientation tomorrow. Can't wait til classes start because right now there's not much to do except buy things.
Haven't bought a sweater yet but that is one of our goals.
More information, pictures and videos to come!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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