life's just great!

Pre-fligh:

I am going to Dublin, Ireland for 4 days and temperature there is as cold as 4 degrees celcius so I should be again ready for this almost freezing temperature as my body cannot really stay longer in cold weather. 

Post-Flight:

Ireland - the home of the popular Irish bands, The Corrs, and West Life, and the famous beer brand - Guinness. 

Knowing that it is barely possible to see those Irish bands, just to be in their home country made me excited, which I can say, "So, this is where The Corrs and Westlife live?"   And the Guiness Beer?  I will tell you more about it later.  First, read further for the happennings...

First day-

We arrived in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, at past 7am but unlike in other places where sun shines at this time, Dublin was still dark.  In the bus to the hotel, I observed that everyone fell asleep due to tiredness from the long and tiring 8.26-flight time to this city. 

The Pinoy Mafia (Khaye, Karen & I) with an Indian collegue Priyanka decided to see the city after lunch as we needed to re-energize ourselves.  As advised by the hotel receptionist, we took the Dublin Sight Seeing Bus Tour (valued at 15 Euros) which drives within Dublin for almost 2 hours.  This enables tourists to take a glimpse of Dublin, afterwhich, tourist can get-off at bus points of their choice.  We took the seats at the upper deck of the bus only to find out that this would make us disconcerting.  Although the weather in Dublin was not that cold as expected, however, it was a windy day then which somehow added to our discomfort.  Nevertheless, we just enjoyed the bus ride and continued to take pictures of this medieval city. 

This city is considered to be the best capital city and most content country in Europe.  However, during our bus ride, I was looking for spot, a place which identifies Dublin, an icon easily recognized as Ireland's vista, which is comparable to Opera House of Sydney, Eiffel Tower of Paris, Petronas Tower of Kuala Lumpur, etc., but to find nothing but structures, statues and the likes which are very common in European countries. 

Maybe, the Spire of Dublin, located in the Irish capital, rising (at 393 feet) like a huge, pin-like monument, can be considered as one, which the local people claim as Ireland's Eiffel Tower.  But this piece of steel is just like a flag pole in the center of the city, which is at par from other unique icons of the world.

After the tour, we went to Londis, a convinient store, to buy something to eat during the night, though we had light meal at the mall prior to buying some souvenirs (ofcourse fridge magnets are there, and also bought added some Guiness chocolates and glass tumblers).  Karen bought 2 cans of Guiness Beer, the extremely popular beer among Irish and is the best-selling alcoholic drink of all time in Ireland, where Guinness & Co. makes almost €2 billion annually.  This dark-colored beer tastes bitter than the usual beers in the UAE such as Heineken, Bitburger and Amstel Light, etc. and maybe, its flaked and roasted taste made the Guinness Beer distinct and unique.

Second Day-

Khaye (our Cabin Manager) and I again went out to take some pictures.  We went back to the park and its nearby shopping district.  This lady, just like me, loves to take pictures so whatever or wherever she feels like getting my photographs, my camera just needs to always be ready.  All we did that day was just to take pictures here and there.  So if you can realize, my photos in Dublin are at par many than the rest of my picture post, and that is through the courtesy of Khaye. 

Our second day ended 5 hours prior to wake-up time as we took lunch at Khaye's room. 

To end this blog, here are some pictures of Dublin City.

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Dad, our Father, I know that saying thank you is not enough for all these blessings.  My gratitude to you, Lord, our Father, for the wonderful things that I and my family is having right now.  Thank you, Lord, Father.