The other day after breakfast, we went on a drive to Holyhead in Wales. Holyhead is a port where we got a ferry to Dublin.
The top of the ferry with the Irish Ferries logo
Me on the open deck of the ferry
When we got to Dublin, we went to a villa near the port called Villa Maria. It had a garden, pool table, air hockey table, darts + board and a beach at the end of the road. It was really nice and we stayed there for three days.
Me and Georgia playing air hockey
Inside Villa Maria
Inside Villa Maria
The outside of Villa Maria
The view from the villa
Then we went to a restaurant called Stoop Your Head. We had some really nice mussels and seafood. I loved it all.
The mussels at Stoop Your Head
Then, the next day we went to the Guinness storehouse, where we got to see how beer’s produced and the different steps of making it. We also saw where customers can taste new beers that aren’t out to the public. Then we saw lots of Guinness adverts that had come and gone. There was a 360 degree bar at the top of the building where you could see over Dublin.
Outside Guinness Storehouse
An advert inside the advertising section
Barrell pyramid inside the storehouse
Me drinking some guinness from the back of a tortoise
In the afternoon, we went to The Little Museum of Dublin, where we got told about Dublin’s past and how the Republic of Ireland formed.
Me using an old 2p machine in the Little Museum of Dublin
The next day, we went to a market in the city centre for a delicious lamb sandwich and a cronut (half croissant and half donut). There was also a cheese stall (all homemade cheeses) and a bakers.
My delicious cronut
Then we went to the National Leprechaun Museum where we learnt that leprechauns didn’t wear green, but brown and red! We then went through a magic tunnel where we shrunk to the size of leprechauns. We then went into a normal sized room (for humans) where there was giant furniture (normal human-sized) for us to play on.
Me on a giant armchair
We then went into a room where we learnt about the wars between humans and pixies and how we won.
The screen that told us all about the human-pixie wars and how we won it.
Picture of where the fairies were in Ireland
Then, we went to a dim sum restaurant called Lucky Tortoise, where we had lots of nice food before we went back to Villa Maria.
Lucky Tortoise food
Food at the Lucky Tortoise
The next day, we went rock pooling on the beach and saw some interesting creatures, like razor clams and mussels.
Me rockpooling
Me climbing up a rock wall
Me climbing up some rocks
Me standing on some rocks
Then before we left to go to Belfast, we went and got an ice cream from an old parlour near Stoop Your Head. I had an orange flavoured ice cream that was unusual and tasty.
The view when we were having our ice creams
Me standing on the harbour fence
A climbing pole to save people drowning at sea
To find out what happened in Belfast come back next week to read my next blog.
What a great holiday you had in Ireland.Starting from the ferry ride across to the lovely villa with such amazing views.Looks like it was made for you and Georgia with the games room ,love the way the pool table swivels round to double as a air hockey one.
Dublin looks an interesting place to visit judging from your pictures.Didn’t know that a cronut existed but looks interesting and yummy.Glad you enjoyed the rock pools and climbing amongst the larger rocks.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing about the Belfast visit.xxxxx
I really liked the villa with all of it’s games and rooms. It was really nice and i wouldn’t mind going to live there in the summer!