The Search for Cadbury’s Chocolate

I think the main reason we chose dublin as the last country of our trip was the chocolate. We always finish off our summers by cleaning out whichever store has the best priced chocolate of their chocolate. We did well this time. After a long, 3 day search, we finally chose Tesco to give our 100ish Euros to, in exchange for Twirls, Flakes, Wispas, Dairy Milk bars, Caramel bars, Whole Nut bars, and 8 large containers of Cadbury’s Drinking Chocolate powder. It made our suitcases a bit heavier, which was very worth it. We found some great food here, including fried chicken sandwiches, Thai food, Chinese soup, pastries from Bread 41, Indian food (twice), and some sort of Latin-Mexican cheese pork. We watched Once, which was filmed in Dublin, and then walked along Grafton street to Fuselier’s Arch, where part of it was filmed. That was pretty cool. We got scolded by a homeless lady for not diving in some dumpster for her (she asked very kindly, but quickly turned sour after we declined), walked across many bridges and down to Temple Bar, and Keegan, Findlay, and I did a bunch of running in the park. It was an amazing place to run in, especially after a few weeks of near/over 100 degree heat. It was mostly 60 and cloudy, perfect running weather. I loved getting to spend some more time in Ireland. It’s sad this is our last place, but we’re excited to get home to Dad and Murphy!

Grafton Street, a pedestrian street famous for street performers and shopping

Keegan, standing where Glen Hansard performs in the movie, Once

Fusiliers’ Arch, which forms part of the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen’s Green (another location where Once was filmed)

The Spire, a stainless steel monument that stands 120m high

Looking tall, in front of the Spire

Trinity College, founded in 1592

Temple Bar, a famous nightlife district… Temple Bar in the background

crossing the Ha’penny Bridge, built in 1816 over the River Liffey (officially called the Liffey Bridge but commonly called the Ha’penny Bridge because people were charged a toll of a ha’penny [a half-penny] to cross it). The Ha’penny bridge is one of 24 bridges on the River Liffey.