...where the
Girls are so pretty *sing,sing*
Finally, we
are back travelling! Destination: Ireland! First Stop: Dublin! It’s just for a
week though, but other trips are planned soon and we are soooo happy to get out
a bit of South Tyrol.
So at the beginning we wanna update you what happened
with us after we came back from Australia in August 2012! Actually: not much.
Manu found a job in a Marketing Agency (Brandnamics, Brixen, South Tyrol) and I
found a job in Marketing (Red Rooster, Bolzano, South Tyrol).... End of the story
J.
After
getting our life’s sorted back home we said it’s definitely time to go back
travelling, at least for a bit otherwise we will get crazy here J Thinking of the perfect first destination
there was of course just one option:
Ireland!
Manu has
already been there in 2009 and she loved it! I can remember how annoying she
was after she came back from this trip, singing all the Irish Pup Songs and
talking non stop about how hot Irish guys are J.
So, after working for 6 month in an Irish Pub and after I met so many
Irish I was really curios to get there!
We flew on
April 25th from Milan to Dublin, and arrived there at around midnight! It was
freezing cold in Ireland compared to Italy, where we had 25 degrees when we
left. But the taxi driver explained us immediately we should stop complaining
because 8 degrees are pretty good for Dublin J.
I fell in love from the very first moment with Dublin and Manu was anyways
already over the moon! Due to the fact
that we arrived very late that day we just went straight to bed.
We started
the next morning, of course, with an Irish breakfast! Oh my god, how we missed
this awesome food!! I don’t know why everyone always complains about the food
up here, we think it’s amazing (and we are from Italy so we have to know it
=))! After brekky we went to different sightseeing places: Stephens Green, St. Patrick’s
Church, Christchurch, Grafton Street and last but not least: Jameson
Distillery! Was really cool there, very interesting, we learned heaps!
Especially that Jameson doesn’t taste that disgusting when you drink it with
Ginger Ale and Lime J. We met as well some very funny Guys from
Switzerland at the Distillery, all teachers at the „Waldorfschule“. For
everyone who has no idea what „Waldorfschule“ is: An alternative school where
teachers don’t really teach their kids proper math and grammar, furthermore they
get taught how to clap and dance their names (no joke) J.
We had some
drinks with them and a great laugh, thanx guys! And we all know: You would have
had no chance in getting the job (Insider: we saw that Temple Bar was looking
for stuff so we made a challenge out of it who is getting the job, the Swiss
guys or us J)
After a
long day running through the city like crazy we went home to get dressed for
the evening: Irish Pub time!! Before we finally could leave the hostel we got
some lessons in the Alexander Technique (weird thing about how to get rid of
back pain or every other pain just by laying down on the floor every day for 20
minutes in a certain way). At around 11 we finally arrived at Temple Bar! It
was absolutely packed, but awesome! We went to some other pubs as well and in
one of them was a great band playing! We spent basically all night in front of
the band annoying them to play all the songs we wanted to hear (and Manu knows
heaps J).
We got home
at 6 in the morning, a great night I would say!!
After a
good rest the Guinness Storehouse was on the plan that day! One of the
Must-Do’s in Dublin! Was very cool, not as cool as I thought but cool J!
I know,
there would be many more things to see in Dublin but we found that we‘ve already
seen let’s say the basics and so we went after the Storehouse at 2am straight
to the Pub! Drinking Kopperberg and Captain Morgan Orange, listening to great
music and having loads of fun.
Later that
day we just went home to get changed and than off to the pub again! We saw some
Irish Dancing, where listening to a band which members where around 15 and
played the absolutely best covers of all our favourite songs, met some
Canadians who actually thought Manu is from the States (Americans are soooo
stupid =) and had some glasses of Jameson – Ginger Ale – Lime.
We had an
amazing time in Dublin! But we were really looking forward to our road trip!
Next destination: Carlingford!!
Wisdom of the day:
If you go
on a road trip with Manu in Ireland be aware of the fact that she knows a song
about every fucking shithole... and that she will sing this song to you over
and over again till you get into a new town where she starts singing an other
song! Never-ending story, unless you drive off the cliffs somewhere J!
10 things to do in Dublin:
- Pour your own Guinness in the Guinness Storehouse
- Relax at St. Stephens Green
- Go nuts in one of the many Pup‘s in Temple Bar
- Buy a CD from a Band which is basking in town – you’ll never know if they get famous one day
- Take a picture with Molly Malone
- Buy the movie „Once“
- Visit the Dublin Castle
- Go shopping in Grafton Street
- Warm up with some Irish Stew at the Porterhouse
- Stroll around Trinity College
