The dodder ....

And this is how we started exploring the dodder ....

Where you can see a Rhino in the river

Rhino

A Weir

weir

Two Pals looking for grub.

Fishing

Chilling under trees

chilling water

Under the trees

National Botanic Garden

The National Botanic Gardens are a little piece of heaven in the North side of Dublin 

You can also see there a good share of squirrels (grey ones on that side of the Shannon )

There is also an annexe in County Wicklow, which is worth the trip,see National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh

Looking back at 2013

I have been neglected this blog, since a couple months now, just realise this post was in my draft since the first of January 2014, so with a bit of delay here it is....

Looking back at 2013:

• January: Starting the year with walks in charming company on Dun Laoghaire pier.
• St Patrick in Düsseldorf -  My first steps as a contractor.
• Tea parties.
• H-cup final ASM defeat in Dublin.
• DIY and shelves.
• Bourkes Pub.
One of my favourite in Limerick, excellent provider of gigs.
• Summer in Cambridge.
• Airport, airport and more planes.
Between fortnight trip to Germany, then UK, and France, 2013 have been dominated by airflight to the point of sickness. Not good for my carbon footprint.
• Trip to London: Science Museum
• Electric Picnic 2013
Back to the Electric Picnic, to celebrate a special anniversary <3
• The Dubliners in Whelans.
• Depeche Mode in O2.
• Heatwave in Ireland. Snorkel in Clare.
• Forbidden Fruit
• Jerry Fish.
Somehow I miss his circus in the EP, so now I am in chase mode to catch up on his performances.
• New socks - so popular someone steals them from me.
• Dublin beaches.
Thanks to the heatwave, my transition from the west coast to the east coast beaches was easy :D
• Dublin Zoo.
• Saying goodbye to Limerick.
I finally moved all my stuff out of limerick city, where I first moved to Ireland 8 years ago.
• Starting as a student again - Statistics in UCD
Here it is the big one, back on the student benches for one year. UCD campus:
Back in ampitheatre:
First homeworks:
• Enjoying Dublin.
I am still in discovery mode with this city.
• Cats time.
• Introducing my girlfriend to my beloved Auvergne.

Back to school

 I haven't updated this blog in a while, but here the big news, I am back at school well in college.

I also decided to start a new blog where I will compile, statistics and other randoms thought, you can check it here:

https://tofguerrier.github.io/

Seen through a fisheye - East

Got the results of the fisheye photography, during my last visit in Dublin ....

A lovely couple

Unloading the catch of the day on the pier...

Walk on the beach...

Trees ...

Another lovely weekend in Dublin

Nice pint in the pub of Dublin city center.

What's up doc  ?

Off course it was Halloween

Scary Cat

No joke ... i found them...

French delicacy found in Dublin shop

The aquarium in Bray

More Kitty Cat

Malahide Walk

Back to shore

Pier

A nice weekend in Dublin

I went to spend the weekend in Dublin.

Summary:

Summary of the weekend

After doing a bit of shopping in the city centre, we went to the Just In Time For The Apocalypse: 2012 group show at Moxie Studios - a bit hard to find the warehouse, but we did it.

Designer room in mox.ie

Love the central piece by the very talented Sinead Doyle - see more: http://sineaddoyle.ie/ .

Flock of clock birds by Jenny Walsh

Also like the clock by designer Jenny Walsh - see more: http://www.jennywalshdesign.com .
 

Inside mox expo

Exploring the mox....

Tree rug 

Off course there was time for food, and some guiness...

Dessert time

 Sunday was even more relaxing with a visit to Dublin Zoo ( http://www.dublinzoo.ie/ )

The old entrance of Dublin Zoo

The africans plains in the heart of Dublin

Happy life for the lemur .. I like to move it , move it...

Sea Lion

Sadly we miss feeding times for the sea lions, and we were'nt able to see the Meerkats ( http://www.dublinzoo.ie/News/66-75/Meet-the-Meerkats.aspx ) but as a result I am even more motivated to go back another time.

Miscellanous trips ....

Had a busy few days with a couple of various trip in the last few days....

• 2 consecutive friday trips to Kilkee.
• 1 weekend rip to Dublin

Shopping in Dublin

MayFly a shop in Temple Bar worth checking out : http://www.mayfly.ie/

Pub .. target acquired

No Worry

Objective Pub ....

Blue Sky over Dublin

• And, on Wednesday I went to Cork for an expo via Limerick Junction.

Cork

Expo on new media ( television )

Sunset over UCC

Parents Irish Holidays - Part 1 Dublin

Dublin, Temple Bar

Temple Bar Pub

Local drink: Guiness

A pint of Guinness on top of the storehouse

Side of a Pub in Temple Bar

Old dubliner painting

On the liffey

Tall ship on the liffey

Irish Holidays with my parents

I am back from 10 days travelling with my parents in the North of Ireland with my parents. A good occasion for me to visit, Irish places I don't usually hang into.

Here's the full road trip ( minus some detours ):
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Over 1400 km, a couple of days in Dublin , then in UK before finishing in Donegal.

Tallship anchored on the Liffey

Guinness for moral support

First we started in Dublin Visiting the Guinness StoreHouse The quays, and Trinity College and the book of Kells

Sculputre along the old quays

 

That's the way to ensure it won't be stolen...

 Also a bit of wandering under the sun in the streets of the fair city: We also visited St Patrick Cathedral, and seen it's organ fund:

A keg as an organ fund... inside St Patrick cathedral ... ???

Suprisingly at the restaurant in Temple Bar I was able to find some Muprhy:

My favourite stout... Murphy

Then after a small detour through NewGrange ,we were off to Belfast to see the Titanic Quarter:

The entrance of the Titanic experience...

The dry dock in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast

We settle for a couple of days in Antrim, visiting the Bushmills Old Distillery:

A nice sample of Bushmills

 Then the Giant Causeway, and the coastline. Before going back to the republic we went to Derry:

Diamong in Derry

 The flower were blooming all over the place...

Heather blooming

We settled in Killybeg for a couple of days:

Killybeg fishing harbour

Off course we had a bit more pints of Guiness:

Mor stout

And healthy Irish breakfast:

Irish Breakfast ... foodporn

We also did a bit of tweed shopping:

Tweed shopping

It was soon time to go back to Dublin, but on the way back we stopped at the Bundoran beaches:

Bundoran Beach

And Carrick On Shannon. By 5PM wednesday we were in Dublin, I said goodbye to my parents before they fly back to France, and soon I was on the way back to Limerick via the bus:

On the way back to Limerick

 I realize that I have a lot more pics, so I'll add a post or 2 to add those later.

All picture on this post taken with Instagram on Android.