Easter in Dublin, Ireland - 21st-24th March 2008
Seeing as Christmas was spent at Nosher's Sis' in Devon, it's only fitting that the next major religious-based festival should be at Isobel's family's in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. So we drive to Norwich to catch a flight to Dublin (the take-off is entertaining on account of the small plane and the very large wind), and head down for Easter. The weekend includes a trip to La Strada for aspot of Italian, and a wander around Dublin's city centre for a couple of pints of Guinness.
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The FlyBE Dash 8 loads up on the tarmac at Norwich Airport |
The strong winds blow parallel lines of spray across the waves |
The coast of County Dublin, as we fly over on final approach |
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The plane disembarks on a cold and wet apron at Dublin |
Ev reads a trashy magazine as Iz has a cup of tea |
Noddy gets a make-over, with some moral support from a glass of champagne |
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The final result of Noddy's hair-straightening episode |
Iz and Lou stride across the cobbles in Trinity College, Dublin |
Trinity College |
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Super-bright graffiti |
Temple Bar |
"Wall of Fame" graffiti-cum-advertising |
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We wander down to an outdoor market |
A Chris Rea poster gives an air of the Eighties |
A car does a novel 1000-point turn on an unsuitable street |
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A bus rumbles by |
A cool old sign: "Why go bald" |
For some reason the "Balkantours" shop isn't really appealing |
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A load of music posters down the steps of Simon's Café |
Reading and waiting for something to happen |
Flower ladies |
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Isobel gets a bunch of flowers for her sisters' house |
A dude on a stool |
A glass grating on Grafton Street has seen a million footsteps |
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Back alley off Grafton Street, Dublin |
A dude in the park waves around his guitar at pigeons, until The Man comes over to stop him |
At the top of Grafton Street, a fire engine does a bit of fund-raising |
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Graffiti and torn fly-posters |
Funky sticker |
A basement staircase doubles as a convenient rubbish bin |
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In the Stag's Head bar |
A couple of workers do sod-all and watch tarmac set |
Ev, Noddy and Jen in La Strada |
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The night is much more entertaining than the look on Louise and Evelyn suggests |
"El Patron" brings over some Sambucca |
A Dublin Bus steams through Blackrock |
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The sign is not an instruction (Kill means "church" in Irish) |
Isobel shakes paws with Oscar |
In Blackrock: "Make luv not war" |
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Blackrock Market |
Iz, Evelyn and Jen look at a cat in a petshop window |
Iz and Jen plus a primary-schoolfriend they'd not seen for 18 years (in Tonic, Blackrock) |
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Discarded sandwich box, Departure lounge, Dublin Airport |
Dublin Bay |
Ice crystals grow inside the plane's outer window |
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Landing in Norwich, after flying through a blizzard |
The empty baggage hall of Norwich Airport | |
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