I am in University College, Dublin, seeing around Dublin and attending a conference relevant to my work. The accomodation is fabulous with self-catering kitchen etc. I arrived by the Air Deccan of Europe, Ryan Air. The funniest moment was when the flight landed on time. They had a music self-proclaiming their punctuality :D :D. Hillarious!! I was wondering, these Irish need a superfast train like the one to Paris from London- it's just too much hassle on a flgiht and too much airfuel pollution. Well, I am not Gordon Brown or even a negligble politician like Sidhu or Vijaykanth. What can I do ?
Dublin to me is 60% like any other city in UK (Ireland got independence only in 1921) . But, its got more Irish and whites compared to London. Signs are in both Irish and English. All of them speak English and are extremely friendly and helpful compaed to England. You can clearly identify it with an Indian city like Madras- lots of tradition, lots of families going around together. Nice bunch of people. I have not seen this in UK. Ppl going around are alone or with one partner :P.
Two major places, I went today: the Croke park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croke_Park) and Guinness storehouse. Best part is Irish have two unique sports, Gaelic football and hurling (fastest game in the world). And it is followed like how we follow English premier league or IPL. Highly commendable. Both are quite interesting to look at: check out youtube videos. They are crazy. The stadium is the 4th largest in Europe and the world's longest bar, going around the stadium!!
The Guinness storehouse is where Guinness the beer is made :O. It is made here and transported thoughout the world!! The entire place was a big marketing ad for the company despite me paying to watch it. Ofcourse, they offered me a free pint (approx. 538ml) of beer. As I am like Andy Murray and George Bush, a complete teetotaller, I gave it up to a bunch of teenagers :D. The amazing part is the beer is provided in a 'gravity' bar with 360 degree view of Dublin!! Awesome.
P.S: Forgot, to mention. These guys have mostly catholic roots while rest of the British Isle is mostly protestant roots. And since the last post, I've listened to top hits of Michael Jackson. He has the next best to ARR. He is edly, king of Pop!!
4 comments:
Hey Sriram, the comparison with Andy Murray is flattering, but not so much the comparison with George Bush :-)
Did you know Guiness is not vegetarian anyway? They use fish bladders to remove sediment - so good not to have had it on two counts :-)
Interesting..............i did not know about Hurling until now......well, it looks like the rugby version of hockey.
Your generosity in donating the beer to the teenagers was the steal.
Sounds very interesting, didn't really know Gaelic was still being used, as they have signs there in it. Would love to see the bar, sounds pretty incredible :-)
Music for self-proclaiming punctuality hahahhahaha! Now I need to roam around the house with a speaker for my parents to know that I am not as lazy as they presume me to be.
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