The Friday before last I was able to take off from work a couple hours early so I could run down to the airport and catch a 5PM flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas to meet MJ. The first hurdle was the notorious body scanners, which SFO has and I avoided. Half the lanes […]
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Oh the neons are a gleamin’ and the gamblers are a dreamin’
November 12th, 2010 by pleia2
Leaving in a few minutes for my flight to join MJ in Las Vegas! I’ll be back late Sunday night.
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My last day in Dublin: Seals, Malahide Castle and drinks!
October 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
Finally, my last post about Dublin. I’m happy to report that as I write this post about my last day in Dublin, MJ’s last day has wrapped up and he’s coming home to me tomorrow! Saturday morning we slept in. We had a leisurely lunch on O’Connell Street and at 2PM hopped on a bus […]
Book of Kells, Dublin Castle, Christ Church and Saint Patrick’s
October 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Friday I decided to spend the day visiting the great Cathedrals of Dublin, as well as crossing off Dublin Castle and the Book of Kells from my to-see list. First was the The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition. The Book of Kells portion of the exhibition featured a couple of big rooms […]
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Guinness, Jameson and prison (luckily not in that order)
October 20th, 2010 by pleia2
Thursday morning I slept in a bit, because vacations are good for that. But by 11AM I was up and ready to go out, so I grabbed a bagel at a cute little cafe across from Trinity College and then bought a ticket on one of the City Sightseeing buses. Again it was my aunt […]
The Wicklow Mountains
October 20th, 2010 by pleia2
On Wednesday I took my Aunt Mary Ellen’s advice and booked a Wild Wicklow Tour for the day. I have to extend thanks in her direction for all the great tips for this trip, plus thanks to my friend Scott Sweeny who had lots of great ideas following his recent honeymoon in Irleand (and posted […]
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Leprechauns and Howth
October 19th, 2010 by pleia2
After the zoo on Tuesday, Laura and I headed over to the Google Dublin office to meet up with a friend of hers for lunch (and got to have lunch with MJ too!). From there we split up and she headed over to Trinity Capital Hotel to do her second Ubuntu Open Week presentation while […]
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Dublin Zoo!
October 18th, 2010 by pleia2
I love zoos (no, really?!) so when I learned that Europe’s 2nd oldest zoo was the Dublin Zoo (est 1831) it was only natural that I’d spend part of my trip there! So on Tuesday of my trip I met up with Laura bright and early so we could get there when the zoo opened […]
The Vikings of Dublin
October 17th, 2010 by pleia2
With all the hours of travelling under our belts and not a whole lot of sleep, not much else happened tourism-wise on Sunday night after the Ubuntu 10.10 release party in Dublin. On Monday morning MJ and I enjoyed a quick breakfast together before he had to head off to work and I to meet […]
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Dublin Maverick Meerkat Release Party
October 11th, 2010 by pleia2
On Saturday I took an 11:05 AM flight out of San Francisco, met up with MJ at the Philadelphia airport, and from there took a flight to Dublin, arriving on Sunday at 8:30 AM. Thankfully we were able to check in to the O’Callaghan Davenport Hotel early. We had a nice Irish breakfast at the […]