Ireland

The day began with a trip, via the Dart (Dublin's metro rail network), into the city centre, where we met up with Liz, Mary-Anne, Georgie & Annelies. From there we took a stroll down O'Connell Street, past iconic landmarks such as the Daniel O'Connell monument and the Dublin Spire, to Trinity College. After lunch we made our way to the National Gallery of Ireland (where we viewed Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ, the Irish artists' section, and many other pieces) then onto St. Stephen's Green for some afternoon tea.

Following dinner at Johno & Joannie's, we were taken for a drive to the southern part of the bay, where we watched the sun set.

Today we packed up our things and headed for Dublin, Ireland.

We arrived in Dublin around 5pm following a very short flight (about 1 hour and 20 minutes). We were greeted by Annelies and Guiliano after we had collected our bags and had our passports stamped. We parted way at that point as we were to stay with my relatives (Joannie and Johnno) in Ballsbridge, south east of the city centre.

As we made our way, trying to understand the thick Irish accents, we boarded a bus and hoped we were on the right one. After a while I realised they had free WIFI on the bus, which helped pass the time. Before we knew it we were there. We met up with Joannie and she drove us back to her place. We got the grand tour of the apartment, it's on the 4th floor with great views and is quite big. We had a lovely dinner prepared by Joannie, and crashed as we were very tired from our day of transport.