Day 1- Arrive in Dublin 5:30 am

After Landing, we met our tour guide David who showed us a few sites on our way to our hotel. We dropped off our luggage and got ready to go for a walk around the center of Dublin. We took a public double decker bus into town, which looks pretty scary when you sit in the first row on the second level.

We saw a lot of historical buildings and statues like the post office which still has bullet wholes from the battles many years ago, the Declaration of Freedom, and the Molly Mallone statue which is said to be haunted. After that we walked up and down Graffton Street which is like a small shopping district. It was nice because they had a bunch of souvenir shops and places to eat.


After that we went back to the hotel I took a much needed nap. Then I got up, showered, and headed for the pub in the lobby. I ordered Guinness, which tasted so much better than I had anticipated. Then we went on another small walking tour through temple bar and went to dinner. I talked a bunch of the kids into doing car bombs. Then we ended the night by going to a few bars in the Temple Bar area which was a lot of fun. I was really excited for the next day to come.

The Airport

After anxiously awaiting for the day to come, it was finally time to get on a plane and head to the UK. My mother took me to the airport three hours early as Dr. Londino had instructed. I didn’t know where to go exactly, but I ran into Art and Gina, and together we wandered aimlessly until we finally found our group. We checked in and got our boarding pass and waited again to go thru security. After that we didn’t have anything to do so we walked around the airport and looked at a few shops. Once I realized how much longer we had to wait to get on the plane, I decided to go to the Brooklyn Bar to get a beer. Finally we boarded the plane. It was very tiny. The dinner looked pretty bad so I didn’t eat it. I just had some cookies. The movie was Martian Child with John Cusak and Amanda Peet, but I didn’t watch it. Mainly I tried to listen to/watch my ipod and read Brett Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho”. I tried to sleep but it was too uncomfortable. Finally we landed, and I was ready for a fresh pint of Guinness.