We arrived in Dublin yesterday after yet another bus journey and trip into a quaint Irish town. Best part of this journey was the cafe we found. Amazing food and the soundtrack playing was Glee. Once again, louder than everyone around us, we sang along very contentedly until we decided it was time to shop in the surrounding vintage stores. Upon arriving in Dublin, our bus was spit on, which absolutely shocked everyone. We had just come from Galway, where everyone was so welcoming and receptive. Dublin is a very different place.
We had free reign to the city and opted to journey into Temple Bar, a hip place with heaps of bars and restaurants. In the same breath of the spitting incident, we were sat in the basement of a restaurant and told "not to cause trouble". We were so shocked that we were being treated so poorly! The food was absolutely unreal but the meal in its entirety was 3 hours long because the servers would intentionally ignore our requests. After our dinner, we journeyed into town, hoping the night would redeem the unnerving dinner. We were right. Met a huge array of people, as Dublin is tremendously international, and hopped from pub to pub. One bar was 7 stories high with an exterior top floor. This was our first exposure to the amazing architecture in Dublin
The morning was spent in a gorgeous cafe, where the desserts would blow your mind. The chocolate tart was perfection and the Irish Soda bread, which continues to solidify itself in my top 5 favorites, was incredible. We walked along Grafton Street, observing the shops and even more so, the people. European people have phenomenal style! People here dress on such a whim and style is so individualized. I find myself taking such risky fashion moves out of pure inspiration. The streets are filled with music and street performers, so the scene is just out of a movie. After the cafe, we went to the Irish National Museum. The building itself was stunning and the exhibits even better. Mummies from Ancient Egypt, boats from Ancient Rome, shields from Medieval Ireland, Viking remains...it was absolutely unreal. After taking it all in, we were completely exhausted.
Tomorrow is a proper tour of Dublin, so happy to keep you posted on that! We all really miss Galway, as it really felt like home, but we are all quickly adjusting to the "New York" of Ireland, as we have deemed Dublin.
Miss you all, love you love you xxxx
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