Eddie Rocket's in Dublin--the first place I ever ate in Ireland, with Dad and Nate in December 1993. I returned there again for nostalgia sake when I was in Dublin with Sarah in 2005. Would I do it again this week? No, I resisted. (Although to be fair, that's probably only because we have one here in Galway, and in a moment of weakness shortly after I arrived, I gave it another try. It's really not good, especially for the price.)
Here's a few other interesting highlights from Dublin, though the full set can be found here.
This is another one that might stir up some memories for Sarah. The far lane beyond the posts on this road is a bus-only lane that I somehow got stuck in with my little Fiat Punto that would fool no one into thinking it was a bus. If it were as empty as it is in this picture, it would've been no problem, but it was in the middle of rush hour at the time.
It's the real thing, baby!
Dublin, like Boston, offers DUKW tours. DUKWs (or "Ducks") were amphibious trucks designed during WWII and used on D-Day, among other operations. I'd recently learned about them while reading "D-Day" by Stephen E. Ambrose in preparation for my trip to Normandy next week. Had I known in advance they had them in Dublin, I would've found tried to get on one of the tours. As it is, I tried to find the departure point to see if it'd still be possible, but didn't manage it in time. Of particular interest to any recreational sailors who might be reading this, the DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc.
This archway marks the northern corner of St. Stephen's Green and the end of Grafton St, namesake of The Grafton Pub & Grill in Chicago. The arch is featured in the logo of the pub.
In addition to the pics from Dublin, I've added another gallery of miscellaneous shots from around Galway, and a set of photos specifically of various pubs here in town. For the pubs gallery, I decided to experiment with the map feature on Flickr and have placed the pics where they were taken. It seems to be a bit finicky, but give a look at the map tab if you can get it to load, and zoom in enough and you should be able to get an idea of where each of these places are around town.
2 comments:
I was also going to tell you that there are a lot of the "ducks" in use around Wisconsin Dells. They're pretty handy vehicles, but hard to find parts for.
GO WINGS!!!!!!!!
Nice Picks. Keep posting them
- john t
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