INTRO

             TRIP TO DUBLIN


We will do a trip to Dublin in March, from 13th to 17th. First we decided to book the tickets and the cheapest one is this one:

        TICKETS

As you can see it costs 178,34€ per person. Maybe the tickets are a little bit expensive but we did not found cheaper ones.

The plain leaves Bilbao at 6:55, so we have to wake up early. Unfortunatelly, this is not a direct flight so we have to stop in Frankfurt, before arriving to Dublin. Finally, we are going to arrive at 16:50 to Dublin, so we will have all the afternoon to put our things in our hotel.


It was difficult to find a good hotel, but finally we decided to go to this one:Fleet Street Hotel. We think that it is a good hotel because it is located in the centre of Dublin.

 

Thursday, 14

In the morning we will wake up early and have breakfast. After that, we will take a bus and we will visit the Aquarium of Dublin which is located in the center of Dublin.

                                 

By and by we will have lunch in Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the afternoon we will go a bit sightseeing just to have an idea of the city centre and know more about it.
                                        

                                                 
                                      
                                            

We will spend the rest of the day kayaking in the river liffey. It will be perfect for us to try out kayaking, to see the city from a different angle and just to get out for a splash!

 IMPORTANT IMFORMATION:  http://ck.adventuretrainingireland.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJaBm06CtRQ&feature=player_embedded

At night we will have dinner in O´Sheas Merchan. After this hard day we will go to the hotel to watch TV, surf on the internet, sleep etc.

                                   

Friday, 15

    We will wake up at 9 a.m. and after having a shower we will go to a cafe to have breakfast. We are going to eat a typical irish breakfast: Beans,hashbrown,white pudding,bacon,fried egg,...

   After having breakfast we will visit the Guinness storehouse, which is one of the most famous attractions of  Dublin. Later, in the morning at 12 a.m. we are going to go to the Temple Bar to have a drink before we have lunch. The drink cost about 3€ and the lunch 13,50€.
 

(The temple bar)

Then in the afternoon we will relax because it is going to be a busy day and we are going to be very tired because all the activities done. We will have a walk, sit in the big parks of the city or whatever.

   Finally, after having lunch in the hotel, we will go to a disco that is in the city center. We are going to have a lot of fun getting to know new people and dancing all night.

Saturday, 16

At 9am in the morning we will have breakfast in the hotel. Then we will met all together in the reception and we will go to the bus stop to take the bus. We will spend all the morning in the Irish Market where we will have the chance of buying typical Irish things, eating or just watching different things.

                        
(Irish Market)


 After that we will arrange a time and we will have lunch at the McDonalds all together which is near the Irish market. We will have fast food to eat so we won´t spend too much money.
                       
                             
 (McDonald´s) http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=6881

After eating we will go for a walk to digest the food that we have eaten. More or less when we get the idea of where we are, we will go shopping to the Stephen´s Green Shopping Center which is near the market. We will spend the most of the afternoon there. The Shopping center has got lots of shops. Otherwise if someone does not want to shop clothes he/she will have the opportunity to propose another idea or to sit,watch TV and relax in the same shopping center.

                             
 Stephen´s Green Shopping Center  http://www.stephensgreen.com/




Later on, we will have dinner in the restaurant called Carlo´s Restaurant which is in the city centre. The restaurant is not far away so we will go there walking all together.

                         

                 

                                         

  //www.menupages.ie/Dublin/city_centre/city_centre_north/carlos_restaurant#.UL5zNFHz9L0






 Then, we will go to the supermarket to buy food and staff and after that, at night, we will watch a film at the cinema. The cinema is called Cineworld and is located in the city center of Dublin. It is close to the hotel therefore there won´t be anu problem if someone does not want to watch a film.

                                           

 (Parnell Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin, Irlanda - 01520 880444353)

http://www.google.com/movies?hl=es&near=Dubl%C3%ADn&dq=cinemas+en+dublin+cineworld&tid=25d6e0cad1c9538e&sa=X&ei=E3a-UNCcNMOdtQaghoBA&ved=0CDEQxQMoAA

After the movie we will go to the hotel. Before going to bed, we will pack our bags.

Sunday, 17

   To start with the last they of our trip, we will wake up early in the morning, at 9a.m and we will  have breakfast in the hotel.

   After that , we will get ready to go by bus to have fun in the Viking Splash, which is a trip from a small lake and the river to see some historical and famous places of Dublin .

   It's very cheap, each person's ticket costs 16€ including all the equipment we will need. It's a good idea to try it, if you haven't got much time to see the city.
http://www.vikingsplash.com/









   Then, when we finish this activity, we will go to have lunch to the Poeple's wine and bristol restaurant, near Saint Stephens Green, because we will be hungry after having a very exciting but tired morning.

   The restaurant in which we will eat, it's a very elegant restaurant, that's why the menu it's a bit expensive about 18,50€ but it's a very good place to taste typical Irish food.
http://www.menupages.ie/dublin/city_centre/st_stephens_green/peploes_wine_bistro#.UMCs3OSPgvw

                                 

   When we finish lunch have a walk in the Park to see the plants and the botanics. This place it is near the Lake we have mentioned before, so we will go walking.
 
   If you asked Irish people, they would say that Saint Stephens Green is one of the most beautiful places of Dublin, so we can't return from Dublin without seeing it.
http://www.dublintourist.com/details/st_stephens_green.shtml

   Finally, to finish our trip, at about 5p.m we will go to the hotel to take all our luggage and will check out.
 
   While we are doing the check out we are going to phone to the taxi and it will carry us to the airport and will return home.

CONCLUSION

 The return will be the 17th of March, after spending 4 days in Ireland's capital city, Dublin.

 The return will be by plane. The cost of the ticket is included in the information of the introduction, because they are return tickets, that is Bilbo-Frankfurt-Dublin and Dublin-Frankfurt-Bilbo.

The flight is at 6.30 and we will be back in Bilbo at 8.30

   Then, we will take a bus to return to Donosti. The bus will cost 79,45€ booking a small one, it will be enough the small bus due to the small number of students of eleanitza that we are going. The bus will leave from Loiu, the airport of Bilbao when we get to the airport . So, more or less we will be back home at 10-10.30 if everything works.

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