Sulas Pi Europe - Part 5 (Dublin)

Dublin, Ireland
24092019

Socks paling cool! :)

Around Dublin town tu, boleh jalan kaki je dari rumah Shereen. Cuma lepas habis round town, Rai nak pergi jumpa gang dia dekat UCD (University College Dublin), so tu kena naik bas.
Bila tengok dekat map ni, baru perasan tak gi muzium pun! Hikhik

This is the half-penny bridge, across river Liffey. Betul la sungai ni nampak kehijauan gitu. Pastu Irish ni obses dengan warna hijau. Contoh St. Patrick's Day, diorang kan pakai kaler hijau.

Wearing green made one invisible to leprechauns, fairy creatures who would pinch anyone they could see (anyone not wearing green). People began pinching those who didn't wear green as a reminder that leprechauns would sneak up and pinch green-abstainers

Air dari sungai ni yg dikatakan digunakan oleh Guiness for brewing their beer. Tapi, sebenarnya bukanlah air directly dari sungai ni. According to this link, Guiness pakai air dari Wicklow mountains, which actually somehow flow into Liffey river. Agaknya tu pasal beer ni glamer and sedap kot, sbb pakai air gunung?? Hhahahaha...entahlah labu. Nasib baiklah Rai tak buat keje gila ajak aku pi masuk Guiness brewery tu (for the sake of knowledge of course). Tapi kalau tgk dkt Trip Advisor, kalau gi Ireland kena visit Guiness's brewery, muahhahaharammmm.

Agaknya kalau gi malam, pengsan! Sure bersepah orang mabuk. Pagi2 ok, hikss hiksss.

Walaupun kitorg dah bekpes nasi lemak kat rumah Shereen, by the time sampai sini dah lapar :p

Shereen's husband is a pastry chef dekat sini. Terfikir gak yg org melayu buat pastry utk mat saleh in Dublin city, hahahaha. MELAYU BOLEH! The cafe was busy kot, so kiranya mmg glamour la.

It is a two-storey cafe.

Sungguhla, Victoria Sponge cake dia memang dabomb! Yumsss sangat!!

Lepas perut dah happy, jalan pusing2, and terjumpa la Dublin Business School (DBS) ni. Ni tempat study Nisak and Hadi, and the rest of ACCA gang in Dublin.

Suka aku tgk building pakai bricks gini.

Oleh sebab aku ni berjalan dgn org yg study kat sini dulu, so dia pun bawak la pergi tgk paso dia beli barang nak masak, hahaha. Sabo je. This is Asia Market.

Agak dekat jugak dgn DBS, so aku rasa mesti Nisak dgn Hadi pun beli sos cili kat sini, hehehehe.

Jalan lagi, jumpa ni. Mesti kalau masuk sini, at the end of the tour ada whiskey tasting, hahahahahaahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha.

The only public transport we used was bus. Dari airport ke town dalam 7 Euro, pastu bas around town ni aku taktau bape euro, sebab Shereen bg je kitorg guna bus card yg dia mmg sediakan utk sape2 dtg visit diorg.

Trinity College Dublin.

The weather was nice hari tu!, Sangatlah untung. Bak kata mak mertua Shereen "You are lucky you know. Selalunya mesti hujan!" 

Alhamdulillah ^____^

Aku tak paham benda ni -__-

Sphere within a sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro. 

Similar spheres can be found in a variety of other sites, including the United Nations plaza in New York, U.C. Berkeley, and the Vatican Museums. As the name implies, there is a sphere that rotates within a larger rotating sphere.

Rupanya boleh berputar ke?? Hhahahaha...

Time datang ni ada budak2 kecik tgh main belakang sphere tu. Jenuh amik angle utk avoid teramik gambar budak2 tu.

Jalan2, ternampak benches mcm ni dan they are sponsored by students/alumni for their professors.

Waktu ni, ada exhibition on Book of Kells. Ticket masuk rasenye 12 Euros (for both Book of Kells and The Long Room), dan sebab Rai dah pernah masuk sini, jadi dia tak masuk. Alahhh..sebenarnya dia kedekut, muahahhahahaha. Dulu dia masuk pun sebab ada kwn dia yg study sini, so boleh masuk free. 

The Exhibition displays the Book of Kells, a 9th century manuscript that documents the four Gospels of the life of Jesus Christ. The Book of Kells is Ireland’s greatest cultural treasure and the world’s most famous medieval manuscript. The Exhibition also features access to the Long Room, one of the world’s most beautiful libraries, that houses 250,000 of Trinity College’s oldest books.

Cantik ok buku ni, macam2 color ada. Dan dia explain how the books were made, dari kulit, kertas/parchment, binder, ink etc. Awal2 masuk all the information are displayed, pastu bila ada tour guide tgh explain, aku selit2 la dengar2 sikit :p 

Kita boleh la tengok the real Book of Kells displayed. Waktu tu aku rasa ramai giler orang dekat buku tu, tak dapatlah nak snap gambar.

Interesting giler tgk materials yg diorg guna utk buat ink. 

Book of Kells ni permanently exhibited kat Trinity College Library, tapi diorg akan simpan buku ni utk few months dari November ke March.

Dah abis Book of Kells exhibition, kena naik tangga untuk ke The Long Room in the Old Library. 

Mula2 masuk, memang sedikit ternganga mulut aku, kekekek. Cun giler kot. Pastu dah lama teringin nak tgk library lama mcm ni, ada tangga. Macam dalam movie2 yg selalu kita tengok tuuuu.

Ni aku letak camera Sony A6000 aku kat handrail tangga utk turun ke bawah. Kot jatuh la...nangis wei! I hate selfies, so ini adalah cara paling berkesan utk dapatkan gambar bukan selfie :) Although, the smile is a bit crooked, wakkakaka. Abisss...segan pulak aku org ramai tgk budak kecik ni nak amik gambar.

Ni singgah Vodafon, sbb Rai ada problem dengan sim card. Lama pulak kat dalam Vodafon ni sebab ada free WiFi, hahahahah *typical tourist sgt.

St. Stephen's Park.

Duduk lepak sat, sambil tgh figure out kenapa sim card problem. Rupanya iPhone dia yg ada problem. Samsung menang!!! hahahahaha

Comel wei tour ni, pakai topi Vikings! Rai kata dia pernah bawak mak ayah dia naik bende ni, dan excited orang2 tua tu pakai topi ni :p

Aku pernah tengok TV series pasal The Shelbourne hotel ni kat channel mana ntah kat Astro. Saje check, bape RM satu malam. Takdelah RM2000, cuma RM1300 jeeee, hahahahhaha.

Since it is early Autumn, so daun belum tukar warna sepenuhnya. Cun! Takyah cat, just biar je pokok tu menjalar dan 'lukis' the wall. Nice!

Ni sementara tunggu bas nak ke UCD, duk tengoklah building diorang. Ni rupanya tempat belajar, mcm sekolah vocational je tengok. Dekat level bawah basement tu bengkel diorg (bengkel kemahiran hidup nampak gayanya). Giler comel pintu sekolah pintu kaler kuning.

Saje check kalau jalan kaki berapa lama. Ok la tu, sejam jalan kaki, hahahha.

Sampai la dekat School of Engineering UCD ni. Aku lepak je sini sementara Rai pi jumpa kawan dia. Ada free WiFi, all is good!

Kufikirkan cerah hingga ke petang, rupanya sampai ke malam, ahhahaha. Alhamdulillah, sampai balik rumah Shereen tak hujan pun ^__^

Kitorg balik ni dalam pukul 4, bukan mainlah ramai students, hahahaha. Memang saje cari nahas kan.

Alhamdulillah, settle Dublin. Balik rumah, makan sambil layan mak mertua Shereen bersembang. Rai pi jumpa gang belajar dia. Aku duk dalam bilik, isi borang utk tax refund, hahahha. Kemas barang siap2, sebab esok flight ke Poznan, Poland.

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