Posts Tagged with "30th birthday"

We Paid to Go to Jail

Sunday, June 20, 2010

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We Paid to Go to Jail

This is the final post in a series about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin in March! With St. Patrick’s Day and my 30th birthday behind us, we had Thursday and Friday to explore (and eat) anything we had yet to experience! St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre is pretty inside and out We match! Architecture […]

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St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin

Monday, May 31, 2010

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St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin

This is the 6th post in a series about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin! After touring the Guinness Storehouse and enjoying (or in some cases very slowly nursing) a pint at the Guinness Storehouse’s top-floor Gravity Bar, we rushed to the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. I’d heard it was supposed to be spectacular […]

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Opening Time is Guinness Time

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Opening Time is Guinness Time

This is the 5th post in a series about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin this past March! Wednesday, March 17 was not only St. Patrick’s Day but it was also my 30th birthday! I knew the day would include at least two things: a trip to the Guinness Storehouse and a nice dinner out […]

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Mystery Tour with Tom

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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Mystery Tour with Tom

This is the fourth post in a series about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin this past March! On Tuesday seven of us decided to take a day trip, and shortly after breakfast we were whisked away from the city to the Wicklow Mountains. Apparently Over the Top Tours had booked all of its Wicklow […]

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Cathedral. Castle. Cupcake. Curry.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

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Cathedral. Castle. Cupcake. Curry.

This is the third post in a series about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin this past March! On Monday morning we snagged our free breakfast from the hostel and eagerly awaited Nicole’s arrival! At 10:20 she appeared in the lobby, and like a champ, she stashed her stuff in the room and was ready […]

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Welcome to Dublin

Monday, May 3, 2010

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Welcome to Dublin

This is the second post about my 30th birthday trip to Dublin. You can read the previous one here. On Sunday, Evan and I landed in Dublin after a layover in Copenhagen. We had both slept the entire 2-hour flight — a welcome event since we hadn’t slept in about 24 hours by that point, […]

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Everyone’s Irish on March 17th

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Everyone’s Irish on March 17th

In the summer of 2003, I was reading an issue of Budget Travel magazine and found a killer deal for a week in Ireland: $399 (pre-taxes and fees) for a round-trip flight from Baltimore, 6 nights in a B&B, and a rental car with unlimited miles. The catch? The available dates weren’t the best. Still, […]

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