Today I ventured out to the city by myself again, leaving late morning, and once more took advantage of my 5-day city bus pass. I found my way to the river Liffey where I again walked around Grafton Street and today there were lots of street entertainers, some of which were eccentric and others impressive. I also ventured to Henry Street and peered into the many shops that lined the streets. I stopped and ate lunch at the Café De Silous which was over 300 ye...

Today was spent traveling via a bus tour to the west coast where I was to visit the Cliffs of Moher, have lunch in Doolin, travel through the Burren, and spend an hour in the city of Galway before returning for the day. Early in the morning around 6am, I arose to head into the city center to catch my bus. It was cold, rainy and grey and really a typical Irish morning. The bus ride out west is about 2 hours each way, and fortunately the weather turned clear and ...

My second day in Dublin was spent with my friend Justine who was studying at University College Dublin. We walked past Christ Church Cathedral on our way to the Guinness factory. It began to drizzle and, of course, I only had on a sweatshirt, but the rain really wasn't bad. We stopped and ate lunch at a pub directly across from one of the factories and inside there was a sign that said "Guinness brewed 100 yards away." This was without question the be...

After a chaotic change in plans due to the eruption of the volcano in Iceland, which caused several of my flights to be delayed and made me seriously contemplate canceling my whole trip, I was able to rebook a flight to Dublin, Ireland. My travel plans no longer included Oslo, Norway. Instead I decided to stay in Dublin until Tuesday morning and then take a flight to Prague, Czech Republic. From that beautiful city I planned to take trains to Vienna, Austria...