What a shock it is to find ourselves plunked down in this gritty international capital city, after our idyllic time in Devon… Quite the change of scene!
After a short and uneventful flight from Exeter, we had an easy bus ride into downtown Dublin and found ourselves at the hotel before one o’clock. Minutes later, having ditched our bags, we were on a bus back to “City Centre”. Though it had been drizzling at the airport, thankfully the rain had stopped completely by then.
As you can see, Dublin is quite a colorful city, though we both commented on its noticeably seedy side as well…
Mal and I stumbled around the most touristy part of City Centre (called Temple Bar) for a couple of hours, had tea & scones at a quaint little shop called The Queen of Tarts, before deciding to take in a movie. We saw something called “His & Hers”, which is a documentary of a sort, based on an old Irish proverb: “a man loves his girlfriend the best, his wife the most, and his mother the longest”. It was simply a long string of artfully framed shots of babies, girls, young, middle-aged and elderly women (in that order) from the Irish midlands, talking about the men in their lives. Full of sweet and poignant moments, it was a wonderfully unusual film.
After that, we took in a bit more wandering around and people-watching, including lots of buskers like the two above. Then it was time for a nice dinner!
We looked through our guidebooks and found a place that sounded good called the Winding Stair, which just happened to be right across the street! We got a table looking out on the Ha’Penny bridge, and were even blessed with a little sun and blue sky poking through the clouds as we ate a delicious meal made from fresh local ingredients. After enjoying their famous bread & butter pudding for dessert (with a scoop of homemade ice cream on top, of course) there was a little waddle in my step as we found our way back to the hotel…
And now? Time for bed!
So jealous of you being in a city, much less Dublin! The photos look great, the food sounds amazing, and the movie sounds so sweet!
Can’t wait to see some photos of you two on your bikes!!!
xoxoxo