Dublin

According to Mr Yeo... it's the largest city in the world... because...

it's doubling and doubling and doubling...

hehehehehe... ok... not that funny...

Anyway... Sook Leen and I made a trip to Dublin to visit Grace since the last time she was supposed to come to London, both she and Jun Liong fell ill and couldn't make it in the end...

This is my first time to Dublin... and my my my... it's actually quite an expensive city!!

A simple lunch with just the main course was about €20! (Although the pork belly that I had was really good... crispy on the skin and juicy with fats... hehehe...)

Grace told us in advance that we were going for a trek.... well, that's nothing unusual!!! She is really into the adventure type or activities and would pick stuff like going to the zoo, the forest reserve, go ape, hiking etc.

And so, we went to Glendalough Woods for a trek...

Hehehe... us trying to pretend to be natural and that we are not looking into the camera...

I was quite glad that we went for the trek... especially with the really nice weather that day, the scenery were breathtaking...

And this bit of it kinda reminds me of Snowdonia...

The girls having fun...


And then Jun Liong started playing with Sook Leen's Canon camera where you can actually select a colour and snap photos with only one colour...




I think it's really cool... the photos turned out to be so artistic... like you're doing those photo shoots... very professional.... too bad my Sony doesn't have this function...



We had so much fun playing around with the colours... then we met some of Jun Liong's and Grace's friends and played a round of frisbee with them... we were so engrossed that we were nearly late for our dinner reservation!!!




We had dinner at this gastro-pub called the Hungry Monk... and the food was simply delicious... I really enjoyed the meal... particularly like my starter, which was this scallops and clams dish... and my pan fried sea bream with risotto... hehe... actually they don't serve it with risotto but with some vegetables that I don't eat... so I requested them to give me something else... hehehe...





After dinner, we went back to Grace's flat and opened a bottle of red wine to chill out and chat... it was a tiring day but really fun!!!




The next day, we went to the city centre to do some sightseeing...




First stop is their version of Green Park, Saint Stephen's Green Park...

Aren't the flowers just so pretty?? :)

Trinity College...

Old Library and Book of Kells at Trinity College...

I think this is the street that is equivalent to the Soho in London...

Temple Bar... was trying to look for an O'neils... cuz that's the only Irish pub that I know of... but didn't see it...

The shopping area which is across the river...

Dublin's Millennium Spire...

And of course... the famous Guinness Storehouse!!!

Even though I'm not a big Guinness fan... but I thoroughly enjoyed the visit...

All the different Guinness bottles in history...

It's not only a museum where they keep track of all the different advert campaign, bottles, print labels etc. in the Guinness 250 years history... but it also provides you with a tour of how the beer it's brewed....

And the building itself is an architecture art... apparently, the middle of the building where the lifts and escalators are is shaped in a pint glass... and the views on the top floor is one of the best in Dublin city...

And included in the entrance fee is your pint of Guinness...

So there you go... me and my pint of Guinness!!!

Had a really good time and it was good to see Grace again... hopefully, we don't have to wait too long for our Northern Ireland trip!!!