| What started life as a web site devoted to Herne Bay and Whitstable seems to have become something completely different. Now I have made more efficient use of the web space, there's room for lots more individual pages. However, there are only so many things I can put in about the home towns, short of taking photos from different directions of the same things. |
| Another foray into foreign climes that Cheryl and I made was to Dublin. Thanks again to the low cost that is the Ryanair flight, we spent a long weekend in Ireland's capital. |
| The weather was cool/cold but bright nonetheless. We took in a number of the touristy things, as you do. Having only spent a couple of nights there, we didn't get to see as much as we would have liked but we can always go back again..... |
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We'll start at the Liffey, which neatly divides the city into north and south of the river. I wonder if their taxi drivers say the same as London cabbies? |
One of the older bridges across the Liffey is the Ha'penny bridge, a footbridge that gets it's name from the toll that was once charged to cross. |
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Temple Bar is the lively centre of the city, where you'll find a huge array of pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. This is Gogarty's. |
Christchurch cathedral is at the western side of town, just outside the Temple Bar region. |
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Much of Dublin is Georgian and there is a wealth of beautiful houses & doorways. However, some of the more modest dwellings have wonderful entrances too, such as this example we saw in Cope Street. |
A view into the courtyard of Dublin Castle. |
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Finally, we come to the Dublin Spire in O'Connell Street, otherwise referred to as the "Stiletto in the Ghetto" (apparently). This huge stainless steel sculpture is 120 metres tall, 3m wide at the base and has a 15cm wide beacon at the top, which is perforated and lit by some 11,000+ small LEDs |
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