23/09/2015

// see dublin through our camera lens

To do a quick recap, I am currently in fourth year also called transition year in Ireland where we don't do any academics and just go on school trips and do workshops the whole year. My class and I are lucky to be taken out every Friday rather than being in school, which is in a way, is cool. 

Last week, my year and I went to Dublin to explore the Christ Church Area in the City Centre. We did a scenic walk of the city and even passed by one of the most prestigious universities in Ireland which is Trinity College Dublin. It is also by the way the oldest university in the country. They have a couple of sculptures around the campus and the one in the picture below always catches my eye so I decided to take a picture for you guys to see.

How artsy is that?
I've always admired the architecture of Trinity College. It's like stuck in time compared to the modern shops and building around it. 
The Dublin Castle marked the start of our tour of the Christ Church area. Unfortunately, there werent any tour guide available when we went so our teachers did their best in explaining the history and background of the place. 

This is the Dublin Castle, where a lot of historic shenanigans happened. I could give you a lengthy paragraph about its history but it would be boring so lets not go into that lol.
Our next stop was the Chester Beatty Library. Chester Beatty was an American lad who settled in Ireland after the World War 2. His hobbies included collecting art pieces from East Asia, Western Europe and Islamic places. 

I personally enjoyed looking at everything in there. There was one particular section that I really liked: there was a specific area where they showcased different book covers from back then. It was aesthetically decorated. It's very unfortunate that I wasn't allowed to take pictures  when I was inside the exhibition but I'm going to link their website here and you can check out their cool exhibition if you want.

And the last place we went to was the St. Patrick's Cathedral (Ireland has a lot of churches/cathedral in the country. The cathedral was in the shape of the cross, and you can check it out on Google Maps. It's named after St. Patrick because this was where he stayed during his spread of Christianity. I think this is also where they found his remains. It sort of had a Hogwarts vibe in my opinion.




This is the first thing you see when you come in. It was super pretty. Most of the windows were stain glasses which I thought was pretty cool. 

There was this section in the cathedral where we can use their iPads to get an overview of the whole cathedral, there were also puzzles and a place where you colour out the picture on the paper. 
Here's me trying to do the colouring thing.  
Here's me and one of my best friends. She's always photobombing my pictures. (*waves* Hi Lalaine!)

What do you think of my city? Would you consider visiting Ireland some time in your life? Thanks for reading!

15 comments:

  1. Dublin is so beautiful, I'd like to go there one day! You are so right, the cathedral indeed has a Hogwarts vibe. It's such a great thing one grade can go discover what's around them, I wish we had something similar in France...

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    1. you definitely need to visit here one day! it's not too far from france heheh. its true, dublin has amazing structure thats very similar to harry potter. probably because england is just across the sea lol.

      thanks for visiting the blog! x

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  2. I need to go there one day,Dublin is so amazing.It's really funny when your best friend photobombing your pictures😂
    Great post👍🏻

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    1. you definitely need to visit someday! and yes best friends photobombing are the best 🙈

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  3. This brings me back to the weekend trip my friends and I took to Dublin when we studied abroad in Liverpool. It is such a beautiful city and so much too see. I miss traveling so much!

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    1. oh my god you studied abroad? thats something i really want to do. like move to america and maybe go to college there. yes, travelling is definitely one of my faves <333

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  4. Oh my gosh! Dublin is beautiful :D I'd so consider going there one day (but I want to go practically everywhere XD) The world is such a beautiful place :)

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    1. same! i wanna travel a lot before settling down (if i ever will lol) i wanna experience every culture and taste every food. but i hope you do go visit ireland soon :)

      thanks for visiting the blog!

      xxx isha

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  5. These pictures are gorgeous Isha! I would love to visit Ireland one day, it always looks so beautiful! I'm super intrigued by your school system and this transition year. It sounds like a great experience and I wish the school system here was similar!

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    1. i think it transition year really gives the students the time to mature before going to senior cycle. we also get to go on a foreign trip this easter which is fantastic <333

      thanks for visiting the blog, jade!

      xxx isha

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  6. In general, I've always wanted to go to Ireland. I've seen many pictures and heard a lot about it so it's always been on my list to go. Now I have a little bit of an extra reason because my precious cinnamon roll lives there lol but you'll probably come to the US before I make it out there. I really love this post, it's very informative and I LOVE the pictures!

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    1. you could always visit me here <333 theres not a lot to do but im here so that should be enough lol. but yes ill probably be living in the us by the time you get the chance to go here lol. thank you britt! hanna took them, i usually take the pictures because im obviously the better photographer hahah but she is learning yay.

      thanks for commenting and visiting the blog! x

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