Our First Trip Into The Dublin City Centre

Suz and I just got back from our first trip into the Dublin City Centre where Trinity College Dublin is located along with the famous Grafton Street and the Temple Bar district. We had a blast with our new friends Katie and Sara. They pointed us to the various shops (including to Suzanne's excitement H&M, TK Max (yeah, that's right, not TJ Max but TK Max) as well as various products like MAC and Bobbie Brown makeup (Oh yes, this is truly exciting!). Katie and Sara also helped us set up our cell phones on a pay-as-you-go plan with O2 (well, Suzanne's works and mine doesn't. We have to go back down to O2 to get my SIM card reactivated). It turns out that if you (supposing you are in the states) call us here in Dublin, we can talk for free. So feel free to email me or Suzanne and we will send you our new phone numbers so we can chat.

Dublin is such a charming little city. For starters, Suz and I began our trip with a bus ride into the heart of Dublin, the city centre. The very first thing we noticed

was that the majority of homes and apartments have different colored doors (pink, yellow, blue, green). If you don't believe me, just google image "dublin

doors" and you'll see the variety of photos. But to save you some time, here they are:

We also noticed that most of the buildings on the way to the city centre were red brick. The city centre is filled with stone buildings (the kind that are dirty a

nd filled with ivy) dating back to the 1500's (Trinity College having been founded in 1592). For those of you who know me (Ross) well, I was in heaven. Here are some pics of my school.

The city is very lively and, as we expected, the people are young and fashionable. At one point during our trip, I sincerely felt as though I was no longer in a foreign country as the city feels very safe, warm, and welcoming. We are very excited to get acquainted with such a beautiful and historic place. We can honestly say that we are beginning to feel very blessed to be here. Here are some more pics of Dublin and Trinity College.

Until next time, we love you all and miss all of you dearly.