Dublin Photos are Up!

Sorry for the delay, but the Dublin and southern Ireland photos are now up. To access them, either click the "Our Photo Album" link on the right side of this webpage or click HERE. For those keeping score, the descriptions are missing, but will be added later-- this was taking too long to post, and with me heading out of town for the remainder of the week for a trade show, it was better to post something than nothing, right?

We had a very good time there with our friend K, her sister and mother. My impressions of Dublin are are all positive, and for a couple of folks not used to the local population understanding or speaking English, this was actually a bit of a culture shock-- we were hesitant to talk!! Dublin is also a low-slung city-- and by that I mean that it was pretty rare to see buildings taller than 4 stories high. This made things more down to earth and "human scale" for such a large metropolitan area. Everybody warned us about the pricing there, and we were prepared for it-- but yes, it's costly even for folks used to dealing with Euros. The people are as friendly and good natured as you can imagine, and the shopping was top notch. A good length of visit is 3 days-- the downtown area is compact enough that you can pack the sites in without running yourself ragged. Will we go back? Well, there's plenty of European cities and countries we haven't seen that are still on the to-do list, but I certainly wouldn't say no to checking out Dublin a second time.

Enjoy the pics, and more commentary will be added later!