Sunday, March 29, 2009

St Patricks day






It was 17th march and it was bank holiday, so Hurray!! I was aware of a massive parade bein held at city center. So headed to that  place, hooked up with my good fiends.There was dancers and mucicians, Bikers and car enthusiasts, Atrists with out of the world costumes and some military men with worldy costumes. Enjoyed the show and later on went to see the finals of the GAA gaelic foot ball and the Hurling match. Undermined the crowd and could not see the Hurling match, but did get to see the Foot ball match. Did not have a clue about the rules of the game, but did enjoy it very much. The stadium was half to its brim, with 32 thousand people. It was fantastic memorable day for me and thanks to my good friend Mihir (righmost in pic) who dragged us out of our clamps shells. 

Malahide Caste



Nowa days i am venturing into the unknown!! The Unknown fact of my own limits. How far can i go? How much can i take? So on Wednesday I started running with my friend and i ran for 9kms till i dropped on the track, The pic is at 4.5kms in front of Ireland's largest gas powered power station.Today i cycled for 34kms with a break of 40 minutes after 17kms. It was a trip to a castle, called the Malahide castle. For 800 years the same family had occupied the castle.There was a grand state table which seats 40ppl, which is still used for any state dinner thats to be held in Ireland

Monday, March 9, 2009

Rathfarnam Castle



This can be called a flop trip because after cycling there for 8kms, I saw a board that read 'opened for tourists only from May to Oct' what was that!!!.But the entire cycling excersice to that location was great. Saw a completely different side of Dublin. At the castle through a broken window saw that the castle is very old. The grand tea room was alive and functioning with lot of neighbourhood folks meeting there for tea. A huge garden with play area nearby was attracting the kids like bees to flowers!!