Day 2: CULTURE OF IRELAND
March 14th, 2014
As we arrive at the Dublin Airport at 5:15 a.m., we'll get a taxi to drive us to the Egan's House Hotel. (The weather during the month of March is in the average of high 50's and low 40 degrees Fahrenheit). This hotel is only a fifteen minute drive from the airport. The price of the taxi ride is $27.35. By the time we reach the house, it'll be around six in the morning, so we'll get some sleep and then head out to discover Dublin, Ireland!
The first thing we do is get ready and have breakfast at our hotel at around 10:00 am. The first destination is to attend the St. Patrick's Day Festival celebrated through the Dublin streets! (Festival is between March 14th-March 17th) -CULTURE. This festival is basically a huge parade with a marching band, some dancers, and other cultural figures. Museums and art galleries are present on streets of festival.At lunch time (12:30 pm) we'll reach the Roly's Bistro; the price being $37.81. By around 5:00 pm we'll attend a Dublinia Heritage Center showing the medieval life of Dublin. This includes viking life, medieval cities, and archaeology of historic Ireland-HISTORY. In the evening, we'll visit the iconic buildings illuminated in green "Greening the City" event! This is all done in order to revive the Irish culture through the St. Patrick's Festival.
As we arrive at the Dublin Airport at 5:15 a.m., we'll get a taxi to drive us to the Egan's House Hotel. (The weather during the month of March is in the average of high 50's and low 40 degrees Fahrenheit). This hotel is only a fifteen minute drive from the airport. The price of the taxi ride is $27.35. By the time we reach the house, it'll be around six in the morning, so we'll get some sleep and then head out to discover Dublin, Ireland!
The first thing we do is get ready and have breakfast at our hotel at around 10:00 am. The first destination is to attend the St. Patrick's Day Festival celebrated through the Dublin streets! (Festival is between March 14th-March 17th) -CULTURE. This festival is basically a huge parade with a marching band, some dancers, and other cultural figures. Museums and art galleries are present on streets of festival.At lunch time (12:30 pm) we'll reach the Roly's Bistro; the price being $37.81. By around 5:00 pm we'll attend a Dublinia Heritage Center showing the medieval life of Dublin. This includes viking life, medieval cities, and archaeology of historic Ireland-HISTORY. In the evening, we'll visit the iconic buildings illuminated in green "Greening the City" event! This is all done in order to revive the Irish culture through the St. Patrick's Festival.
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| Dancers entertain the thousands of Irish people cheering along in the parade!!! |
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| Young boys and girls gather to have fun in this festival! |
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| Dublinia Heritage Center showed us a lot of different examples of what the medieval times were like in Dublin, Ireland. |
For dinner that day we will go to The Dawson Lounge- $25 total (including meal and drinks)- entertainment are the Irish musicians who play the style of music in Ireland! At around 10:00 pm we'll report back to our hotel The Egans House.
