Ireland Revisited – And finally, Dublin

Happy New Year!

What better way to start the new year than to finish what I had been working on at the end of last year?

Dublin was the last stop on mom and my trip to Ireland. I didn’t take as many pictures here, in part because we did a lot of walking, and I didn’t feel like hauling my Canon around with me, and also because it seemed like Dublin was a lot more to do, and less to see. There really isn’t anything that I think, man I wish I had gotten a picture of that, but the city was a lot of fun to visit.

In Dublin, you can take street/river tours! This thing would be fun to drive around I would imagine:

A display at the Guiness brewery:

All in all this was a fantastic trip. When I failed to make it to Ireland on my first try, my Mom and Dad asked if they could go with when I said that I planned on going the following year. I was pretty excited for that prospect, but unfortunately my Dad passed away before he could make it over there. It was great having my Mom along after that, but I really wish Dad could have been there with us.

Sure, there were things he absolutely would have sucked the fun out of. He would not have put up with all the walking we did in Dublin, but there are a lot of things I wish he would have seen/taken part in. My Mom was pretty much the perfect travel companion for this whole trip though. I still consider myself a pretty lucky Dunnigan.