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Continued from Part 4…
Our last morning in Dublin started like the others, with a big breakfast and saying hello to the lobby birds, but then we packed up and checked out early on to have one last adventure before heading to the ferry. We said goodbye to Bubble and Squeak (the lobby birds), and set off in the car.
Continued from Part 3…
After a few extremely busy days, we found ourselves exhausted this morning before the day began, so had a little lie-in before going down for breakfast. We wanted to spend some more time in Dublin today, so took the bus in, the 39A, from just down the road from the hotel, and arrived in Dublin mid-morning.
Continued from Part 2…
This morning after a quick trip to the local shopping centre for some essentials, we set off to visit Phoenix Park and Dublin Zoo which is less than 15 minutes from our hotel. Phoenix Park is the biggest inner-city park in Europe, and it is definitely very big, it’d probably take around an hour to walk from one side to the other.
Continued from Part 1…
Today we learnt that a huge number of the roads around and heading away from Dublin were built in the last 10 years, so according to the satnav in my car we spent most of the day driving through fields! Since it’s Helen’s birthday today, we started by visiting an Inglot shop (a high-end makeup brand) in Ireland’s largest shopping centre (that’s about a quarter of the size of the Trafford Centre for comparison).
Arrival Date: 2018-04-09
Departure Date: 2018-04-13
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Blanchardstown, Dublin
Our first trip abroad together (and my first time abroad in well over a decade) started with a drive to Holyhead in Anglesey, a short ferry ride across to Dublin, and a quick loop around Dublin to our hotel. The ferry was small but fast (only taking around 2.5 hours to cross the Irish Sea), the water was very calm, but out on deck it was extremely windy!