Western Ireland

Cliffs of Moher

Cliffs of Moher

Me and the wind at Burren

The Monastery

Hello all!

This past weekend, me and two other friends traveled on a tour of Western Ireland. We were at first hesitant of the "tour" route (thinking we would be the youngest by 30 years), but once we got on the bus we were welcomed by 10 others that were all younger than 30 and were looking forward to a fantastic trip.

-We first started in Phoenix Park (the largest park in all of Europe)
-We then traveled to this beautiful monastery (I can not remember the name for the life of me). But there were tombs there that had been there for over thousands of years. When Pope John Paul made his pilgrimage to Ireland, he traveled to this monastery
-We arrived in Galway around 3:30 and started exploring, its a very cute town with lots of pedestrian walks, pubs, and shops. We spend the night pub hopping with the others in the group. We ended up at a pub called "Munroes" where we got to pour our own pints- it was very cool!
-In the morning we travelled to "Burren" a beautiful area outside of Galway that sits right on the Atlantic. When you think of Ireland and all the green, Burren is a perfect representation of that.
-We then headed to the Cliffs of Moher- the highlight of our trip. How beautiful! We hiked for around two hours and headed back to Dublin

It was a fantastic trip, next weekend we are traveling to Northern Ireland and to see the Giants Causeway!

Molly and Sam are here for the week, so excited!

Dalkey and Killiney, Week 2

Preview of some of the houses we saw on our hike

View from the top of the mountain, looking out over the Irish Sea

Today, my boss gave me and the other intern, Alicia, the afternoon off to go exploring...We decided to go to two towns south of Dublin called Dalkey and Killiney (pictures are on top)

Work has been going great. I work everday from 10-4. I am really starting to get a feel for the business. Its a lot of work but deals with organizing, coordinating, writing and being social-which are all things I really do enjoy

After work this week:
Monday- I met up with friends in Dun Laoghaire, a beautiful little town south of Dublin. Its right on the water, with lots of boats. Its a very pretty sight to see. We had dinner and wine and talked for hours
Tuesday- We decided to hit up the pubs, we went to two and ended up at "Gravediggers" a pub close to our house, we're starting to become regulars
Wednesday- It was a beautiful day...I met up with friends at St. Stephens Green (park) and we ate cheese and drank wine. We then stopped at Trinity University where they have a PUB ON CAMPUS (can you believe it?)
Thursday- Went to a new pub, "Howl at the Moon" Great music, drinks and dancing
Friday- Dalkey and Killiney, taking it easy tonight...up at 5:45 for the weekend!

Me and two of my friends are taking a tour of Western Ireland. Its supposed to be beautiful!

To see pictures of my travels go to: www.elizabethdublin.shutterfly.com

Lastly, tonight me and 3 other friends booked a plane ticket to...PRAGUE!

Week 1

Ireland's Eye (right off the coast of Howth)

Hello All! Sorry for not updating this sooner, but I have been SO busy...

On Monday afternoon, me and three other friends hopped on the DART train and rode to a little fishing city, north of Dublin, called-Howth. It was absolutely beautiful, we saw St. Mary's church, the Howth Castle, and really took in the beautiful scenery. (Check out the pics on top!)

On Tuesday I started my internship! Its at Mary Crotty PR firm. I have been doing SO much... I have written plans, press releases. We are currently working on a pitch for Moroccanoil-a new hairstyling product, we're actually going to salons this week!

Every night during the week, I have met up with friends and we have either gone to the pub, museums, etc. This week, I have seen/been to:
-Howth
-Blackrock- A town South of Dublin right on the water where two of my friends intern at. We got drinks at the "Wicked Wolf"
-Gravediggers- a GREAT pub close to us, many famous people have gone there- including the Clintons, Daniel Radcliffe, etc. It was a very "homey" little pub
-Irish Museum of Modern Art- beautiful exhibit by Terry Winters
-National Gallery of Ireland
-Trinity University- the MOST beautiful campus I have ever seen. We took a guided tour from a student-he was hilarious. We learned a lot about the history of Trinity and at the end got to see the Book of Kells
-Jameson Distillery- great.
-The Brazen Head Inn: Irelands first pub- I ate Irish food and HATED it
-Kilmanhaim Gaol: An old jail where they housed political prisoners, I learned a lot about the Irish history
-Dublin Castle

and LOTS of walking around!

Those are just some of the highlights of my trip so far! Next weekend we are planning on taking a tour of W. Ireland and the following weekend a tour of N. Ireland. We hear that both are BEAUTIFUL.

I have started uploading pictures: http://elizabethdublin.shutterfly.com/

Miss you all and take care!

Made It!

Trinity University
River Liffey at night
Grafton Street

Hello all,

I have been here for two days now, I will give you a run down on what I have been doing...

Day One: The flight was pretty easy, I got in, got my luggage, and met up with my group. We headed back to the residence. My room is pretty nice- I have a twin bed, desk, and my own bathroom (which is a very big plus!). There are around 15 girls on my trip and they are all very very nice. When I arrived, my friend and I decided to go exploring so we hopped on the bus (theres a bus stop across the street from us, and through the program they give us passes for all of Dublin's public transportation- which is very convenient). We walked around for around 4 hours and really got a feel for Dublin. We saw O'Connell Street, Trinity University (beautiful!), and Temple Bar (a very "hoppin" place with around 10 bars on the street). That night, even though everyone was exhausted we went out as a group to temple bar for some drinks- then went home and passed out.

Day Two: I got to sleep in, then I got up and a friend and I went into the city again. I am living around 10 minutes outside of the city and it is right across from a very famous cemetary (its kind of creepy- but I think I have gotten used to it, it's very old and gothic looking) So we hopped on the bus and did a lot of walking- it was a very nice day so we thought we should take advantage of that and we decided to hit up most of the parks. We went to a beautiful park called: St. Stephens Green- there was a lot of people out and I ran into a girl from Ohio State (so random!!). After that we got completely lost and had our map out and a couple comes up to ask to see if they can help us. (sidenote: Everyone is SO friendly here- I really cant get over it) They ended up giving us two extra tickets they had to "Taste of Dublin" (the tickets were 30 euro a piece!!!). We went to that and it was very cool...We ate thai food and drank champagne (what a combination). Afer that, we walked to another park: merrion square and by the end of that park we were very "draggy" We picked up food at Marks and Spencers and headed home. Later that night all of us again went out to Temple Bar- it was a very fun night!! The great thing about Temple Bar is even though its a very touristey area- you meet people from all over the world. We became friends with two Germans that came to Dublin on "holiday". One of them would not stop talking in the Borat voice, which automatically reminded me of my dad.

Tomorrow I start my internship, I am very anxious for that! The only thing is that I have no idea how to get there. Wish me luck!!

Oxegen 2009

I just ordered my ticket for Oxegen, Ireland's biggest concert festival. Its voted one of the world's top music festivals.

Check out the website: http://www.oxegen.ie/2009/

I bought a ticket for Sunday, one of my favorites is performing!!

Here I come...

Less than two months before I start on my excursion. I am scheduled for an 8 week internship with a PR firm in Dublin. Will I learn to like sausage and potatoes? Stay tuned to find out.