europe, off the coast

our first day in dublin, which happened to be bloomsday. an on and off rainy walk around town. st. stephen's green, merrion square, the guiness storehouse and an international street performance competition.

we land at DUB and get some bagels
[ smaller ] 		my street!
[ smaller ] 		a bloomsday reading on the streets of dublin
[ smaller ] 		mmm old books
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the boy's dorm at brown's hostel
[ smaller ] 		down the corner to the chemists
[ smaller ] 		the church where brahm stoker attended
[ smaller ] 		a street-bridging church
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a shot down the street and under the church
[ smaller ] 		views of dublin from the top of the guinness storehouse
[ smaller ] 		views of dublin from the top of the guinness storehouse
[ smaller ] 		caw!
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siblings by the st. james gate
[ smaller ] 		the gears of beers
[ smaller ] 		a glassbrick wall
[ smaller ] 		gravity? up? onward to the gravity bar at the guiness storehouse
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the irish parliment
[ smaller ] 		once and future beer barrels
[ smaller ] 		the outside of the guiness storehouse
[ smaller ] 		an indoor waterfall, part of the magic of guiness
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a giant hand seen on our first morning
[ smaller ] 		street harpist
[ smaller ] 		the haypenny bridge, freshly be-sweatered
[ smaller ] 		looking east down the liffey from the haypenny bridge
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looking west up the liffey from the haypenny bridge
[ smaller ] 		james and i
[ smaller ] 		a giant needle statue thing
[ smaller ] 		james joyce in st. stephen's green
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the base of the joyce statue
[ smaller ] 		thomas m. kettle in st. stephen's green
[ smaller ] 		the bridge over the liffey
[ smaller ] 		a street flower market
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john robert godley in merrion sq.
[ smaller ] 		joseph sheridan le fanu in merrion sq.
[ smaller ] 		daniel o'connell in merrion sq.
[ smaller ] 		george william russel in merrion sq.
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erwin schroedinger in merrion sq.
[ smaller ] 		merrion square signage itself
[ smaller ] 		oscar wilde and father in merrion sq.
[ smaller ] 		william butler yeats in merrion sq.
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monica prepares a shot
[ smaller ] 		monica and james
[ smaller ] 		fresh off the bus
[ smaller ] 		o'connell down by the liffey
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the ormand quay hotel
[ smaller ] 		charles stewart parnell
[ smaller ] 		it comes in pints?!
[ smaller ] 		mmm. pure chemicals.
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the siren lounge at the ormond quay hotel.
[ smaller ] 		bubble bubble
[ smaller ] 		the black gate
[ smaller ] 		the main archway into st. stephen's green
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the war deaths on the underside of the arch
[ smaller ] 		the war deaths on the underside of the arch
[ smaller ] 		the pond in st. stephen's green
[ smaller ] 		strange granite columns
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one more statue
[ smaller ] 		street acrobatics
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[ smaller ] 		juggling knives while spinning frisbees, rings, and standing on one leg
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looking down the street in temple bar
[ smaller ] 		trinity college
[ smaller ] 		hugh and monica at trinity college
[ smaller ] 		trinity college
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a ulysses marker on the sidewalk in dublin
[ smaller ] 		vathouse number 19 at st. james gate
[ smaller ] 		inside wagemama, dublin
[ smaller ] 		the wagemama door
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the duke of wellington's wellingtons.
[ smaller ] 		indeed. why go bald?
[ smaller ] 		interesting windows
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all images © Hugh Kennedy unless otherwise noted