Dublin Reset 03/20/2022

Posted on  by Jerry

After we came to terms that we were not going home on Saturday, we started making plans. Initially, it was to find accommodations to see us through this period of time between one test and another. There is a 7 day waiting period from testing positive until you can do a retake. Our plan is to see a little more of Ireland and be back at the airport next Friday for the retest and if things go our way head home on Saturday the 26th.

We came back into Dublin and got a room at the Hilton Garden Inn, next to the Immigration Museum. (I talked about it last week). We walked back to the Spire and boarded a Hop On, Hop Off tour bus and road around Dublin for the next two hours. We saw a number of special interest locations we saw on our walking tours and quite a lot more we had missed. It was an interesting tour. We never hopped off. I think we were just tired of walking and somewhat down after the recent turn of events. We did some shopping and returned to our hotel.

We had dinner at the Harbormaster Pub. A very nice restaurant. I knew it was up scale when we walked in. There was a sign posted at the entrance that asked the customers to please dress nicely. The building was built in the 1830’s and was the dock office and the Harbormaster house. It was transformed to a pub and restaurant in the 2000’s. A neat place with a lot of character.

After dinner we came back to the hotel and listened to the Auburn-South Carolina softball game. Through all 11 innings. We may be in Dublin, but our heart is in Alabama.

I will say that Ireland supports the Ukraine. There are Ukraine flags all over the city, put up by the city council.

another way to get around
Ireland country side
Dublin city street

Ukraine Flags
Our new ride
Harbourmaster Pub
enjoying Dublin

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