You know that feeling of frustration when you are looking forward to buying what you really want and it is not available? I had to go through that situation twice this year – first, when we went to the French Riviera for our tenth wedding anniversary, and for the second time when we visited Ireland [...] . . . → Read More: Disappointed But…
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It was but fitting to spend an afternoon at the home of Ireland’s national beer. That is, at the Guinness Storehouse. With the beer-making museum, a gallery of clever ads and the awesome Gravity Bar with panoramic city views, it made for one exciting visit. It was sort of a pilgrimage. The sprawling brewery fills [...] . . . → Read More: Guinness Storehouse The St. Stephen’s Green Park in Ireland is surrounded by fine Georgian Buildings, although it used to be enclosed in 1664. A city park that was originally a medieval commons is complete with gory public executions. Today, the park is now providing 22 acres of grassy refuge for the people of Dublin. At the Grafton [...] . . . → Read More: St. Stephen’s Green Park This is the second part of two parts documenting our trek to Glendalough at the south end of Wicklow’s Military Road (the first part was shared on my other blog) in Ireland. We walked miles to get to the Upper Lake. Tiring, but I was determined to get there. The Wicklow walk was scenic as [...] . . . → Read More: Upper Lake On the day of our trek to the Wicklow Mountains, though it started blah, it turned out to be fun and exciting. The gray and gloomy start of the day turned out to be sunny but cold because of the winds. With the funny and witty tour guide, there was no dull moment. It was [...] . . . → Read More: Wicklow Mountains Trinity College is Ireland’s most prestigious college. Founded in 1592 (418 years ago), it was originally limited to rich Protestant males, but it opened its doors to women (Catholic at that) in 1903. We took the college tour that is organized by Trinity students. Our tour guide was a witty Irish college boy and we [...] . . . → Read More: Trinity College Butlers Chocolate Cafe was our after dinner place almost every night of our stay in Ireland. In fact, in almost every restaurant that we dined in for dinner, we had to skip dessert because we loved the cafe so much that we had to get our dessert(freshly baked pastries) and coffee/chocolate fix every night. I [...] . . . → Read More: Butlers Chocolate Cafe |
 
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