~I*R*E*L*A*N*D: with Friends~

I flew over to Ireland with 5 of my friends (Bryant, Jing Wen, Jacky, Chun Howe, & Blue) right after the London trip. Catherine was supposedly coming over Ireland with us but she had to go back. Really hope that she was there traveling with us. =(

We landed at Dublin Terminal 1 with Ryanair flight which was only 1 hour journey from London. My uncle was there waiting at the arrival gate for us. It has been a while since we last met! Said goodbye to Bryant's uncle & aunt and off we headed to the carpark. We tried our best to squeeze in all the big luggage & bags into my uncle's car & luckily it could be fitted in.

Reached my uncle's house after 1 hour and I was so excited to meet with my aunt & cousins! Our last met was couple years ago, I think it's more than 4 years. My cousins have grown up! I was so excited to see them! Hugged them with all my strength that I had, hope that I didn't cracked their bones. =D
My aunt made chinese pancakes (曼煎糕) for us when we reached and Uncle brought us to his restaurant for dinner & my uncle ordered a lot for us!!

We rested at home for the whole day as we planned to do some research for the trip around Ireland. But ended up doing nothing, just slacked at home. We went to LIDL for some groceries and had a walk to River Dee with my aunt & cousins.

Aunt cooked us Meatball Spaghetti for dinner that night!! Slurppss...:P

After dinner, I booked the hostel in Dublin for tomorrow night as we planned to start the Ireland trip from the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. Then we packed our bags for the 4 days of Ireland Trip.

My aunt fetched us to the bus stop where we could get coach services to Dublin. We went to the information center to see if there's any tour that we can follow. Bryant's "uncle", hmm... I should say... A young uncle, which was just 25 of age. Let's call him Mr. B. He treated us lunch before we started the day at Dublin city.

We eventually decided to go for Paddy Wagon's 1-day-trip tours to 3 different places in 3 days, it cost us €100. We also extended our stays at the hostel. After we checked in & put our bags into our room, we had a walk at Dublin City. 

We also visited the Guinness Storehouse where we get to see the making of the stout beer which is originated from Ireland.

We could also get a free pint of stout beer. I personally don't like alcoholic drinks so I just drank a sip & pass to my friends who love it. 

Mr. B treated us dinner at the end of the day at a Chinese Restaurant & we LOVE the food so so much!

Thank you!! =)

 We went back to our hostel and had a good rest where our Ireland trip would start on the next day. Woke up in early morning & had continental breakfast at the hostel & headed to the center where we then met our tour coach for the trip. Our quick IRELAND Trip starts here:

Day 1: West Ireland
Major attraction: The Cliff of Moher

Day 2: North Ireland

Major attraction: Giant Causeway

Day 3: South Ireland
Major attraction: Kilkenny

During the 3 days trips, we had cookies and bread with hazelnut jam for our lunches and ready meals from Tesco for our dinners where it helped us save a lot more than to dine-out at restaurants. That's what we call a "budget" trip. =D 

We headed back to my uncle's house after the Kilkenny trip & reached at about 9pm. Have a big bowl of noodle and soup when we reached & it was such a wonderful and cozy treats in a chilling night. Thanks my aunt for the preparation of the noodle soup.=)

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The Ireland Trips with friends ended in a blink of eye.

Similar with the Europe trip, we spent lots of time in the bus. lol

We rested at my uncle's house on the next day after the trip and all of them left Ireland on the 2nd day. 

It was a simple yet cool trip with all of you!

Gonna miss u guys! Take care! =)