Yesterday Benny and myself decided to make a trip to Dublin. I’ve only seen the Dublin Airport at the arrival. So we had to visit Dublin for a longer time. We started the journey at 8 o’clock in the morning. Fortunately I could sleep in the bus. 2 and a half hour later we arrived at „Dublin Busaras“. At first we visited the GPO (General Post Office) and the „Spire of Dublin“ a 121 metre height pin-like monument. After this we went hungry to a little diner, where I ate Fish and Chips, that looks like the Alaska pollock filet. Invigorated we hiked to one of the largest park in Europe: The Phoenix Park. But my expectations weren’t fulfilled. I’ve only seen a pond full of rubbish and duckweed, a Zoo that we can’t visit because an expensive admission fee of 15 pounds and a field like a arable area. Only the „War Memorial Gardens“ were beautiful. But at this time it began to rain and there were only a few people in the park. So we decided to went to the „Kilmainham Gaol“ a very old prison where we took a guidance with a typical Irish speaking women. Otherwise I was disappointed: The viewing point at the Old Jameson Destillery was out of order and we had no access to the docks I wanted to visit. At the evening Benny and me went exhausted from the long walk to a pub.
