title	Easter in Dublin, Ireland - 21st March 2008
intro	Seeing as Christmas was spent with Nosher's Sis in Devon, it's only fitting that the next major religious-based festival should be with Isobel's family in Blackrock, County 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 some Italian, and a wander around Dublin's city centre for a couple of pints of Guinness.
imgp5231	Passengers walk out to the plane
imgp5232	The FlyBe Dash 8 on the apron at Norwich
imgp5233	The FlyBe Dash 8 loads up on the tarmac
imgp5235	A feathered wide-chord six-bladed properllor
imgp5238	The strong winds blow parallel lines of spray
imgp5242	The Irish coast
imgp5243	The coast of County Dublin, on final approach
imgp5246	A rainy view of Dublin Airport
imgp5248	An Aer Lingus 737 on the ground at Dublin
imgp5249	The plane disembarks on a cold and wet apron
imgp5250	Noddy gets his hair straightened
imgp5265	Evelyn reads a trashy magazine as Isobel has tea
imgp5267	Noddy gets a make-over, with some champagne
imgp5269	Louise has the nit comb out
imgp5273	The final result of Noddy's hair-straightening
dscf0821	Ev, Noddy and Jen in La Strada
dscf0822	The night is more entertaining than it looks
dscf0827	"El Patron" brings over some Sambucca
dscf0829	A Dublin Bus steams through Blackrock
dscf0831	The sign is not an instruction
imgp5275	In the grounds of Tinity College
imgp5277	Isobel and Louise stride across the cobbles
imgp5278	Trinity College
imgp5279	Down in Temple Bar
imgp5280	"Fresh " graffiti
imgp5281	Super-bright graffiti
imgp5282	An outdoor book sale in Temple Bar
imgp5283	Books for sale
imgp5286	Regent Street, looking down to the Liffey
imgp5290	"Wall of Fame" graffiti-cum-advertising
imgp5291	We wander down to an outdoor market
imgp5293	Outdoor market
imgp5295	A car does a novel 1000-point turn
imgp5296	Music posters
imgp5298	A cool old sign: "Why go bald"
imgp5299	The "Balkantours" shop isn't really appealing
imgp5300	Walton's Music shop
imgp5303	Music posters on the steps of Simon's Café
imgp5304	Inside Simon's Café
imgp5307	Louise looks bored
imgp5310	Reading and waiting for something to happen
imgp5311	The funky basement of Simon's Café
imgp5317	Indoor market in Dublin
imgp5320	More of the indoor market
imgp5324	The flower stalls on Grafton Street
imgp5326	Flower ladies
imgp5327	Isobel gets a bunch of flowers
imgp5328	A dude on a stool
imgp5329	A glass grating on Grafton Street
imgp5330	Back alley off Grafton Street, Dublin
imgp5332	A rock memorial in the park
imgp5334	The Gardai hassle a dude who's waving a guitar
imgp5339	The park in Dublin
imgp5342	A fire engine does fund-raising on Grafton Street
imgp5343	The Dublin Fire Brigade engine
imgp5344	Graffiti and torn fly-posters
imgp5348	A basement staircase doubles as a rubbish bin
imgp5353	In the Stag's Head bar
imgp5354	The Stag's Head
imgp5356	A neon sign
imgp5359	Backdoor graffiti
imgp5361	A Dublin back street
imgp5362	The Trinity Barber Shop
imgp5364	M J O'Neill's bar
imgp5365	Isobel bumps into an old school friend
imgp5366	The Molly Malone statue in Dublin
imgp5368	A couple of workers do sod-all and watch tarmac set
imgp5371	Isobel shakes paws with Oscar
imgp5376	In Blackrock: "Make luv not war"
imgp5378	Blackrock Market
imgp5380	Isobel, Evelyn and Jen look at a cat in a petshop
imgp5388	Isobel and Jen plus a school friend
imgp5396	A discarded sandwich box in the departure lounge
imgp5400	Dublin Bay and the Winkies
imgp5407	Back in Norwich, after flying through a blizzard
imgp5408	The empty baggage hall of Norwich Airport