So, some friends and I are debating going to Ireland for Spring Break. (Woo, wet wool sweater contests!)
However, I'm not sure I'd enjoy the country; I always enjoy visiting Scotland, but I have family there and find British history much more fascinating than Ireland's "we suck forever". And Ireland has fewer people than the New York metropolitan area, so I don't really know how much there is to do...
Advice?
Do something more interesting, like hiking the Inca Trail, going horseback riding in Mongolia, take the midnight express into Istanbul, etc.
My advice is to go to Dakar and see that monument.
My sister and her friend spent a trip in the UK once; 5 days in Ireland, and 2 days in London.
She wished it had been the other way around.
Start in Cape Town and bike or hitchhike to Kamchatka.
Melancholy drunks and overcast. I can think of better ways to spend a spring break.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 22, 2009, 11:15:19 PM
My sister and her friend spent a trip in the UK once; 5 days in Ireland, and 2 days in London.
She wished it had been the other way around.
Yeah, 2 days isn't nearly enough for London. However, it may be all you can afford.
Nothing wrong with Ireland but it's probably the wrong place for a shortish break. London would be a much better place to spend your spring break.
It also depends if you're planning to hit Dublin or some god forsaken town in the middle of County Sligo.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 23, 2009, 03:21:45 AM
Nothing wrong with Ireland but it's probably the wrong place for a shortish break. London would be a much better place to spend your spring break.
It's also got hugely expensive since it went over to the Euro, so your cash wouldn't go much further than in London.
Stay home and do your papers/reading.
Quote from: Faeelin on November 22, 2009, 10:41:29 PM
So, some friends and I are debating going to Ireland for Spring Break. (Woo, wet wool sweater contests!)
However, I'm not sure I'd enjoy the country; I always enjoy visiting Scotland, but I have family there and find British history much more fascinating than Ireland's "we suck forever".
It depends on what your interests are as to whether it's worth visiting but if you seriously think that's all there is to Irish history, I don't think you should come here, we don't need any more ignorant idiots.
Its a jolly nice country.
Just...not all that much to see.
I think I'd like to go to Ireland on vacation. I like taters, I like Guinness, and I like fisticuffs. :cool:
Quote from: Cerr on November 23, 2009, 08:12:47 AM
It depends on what your interests are as to whether it's worth visiting but if you seriously think that's all there is to Irish history, I don't think you should come here, we don't need any more ignorant idiots.
True. Ignorant idiots to Ireland is like coals to Newcastle.
Quote from: Cerr on November 23, 2009, 08:12:47 AM
It depends on what your interests are as to whether it's worth visiting but if you seriously think that's all there is to Irish history, I don't think you should come here, we don't need any more ignorant idiots.
But ignorant idiots spend money like the dickens. :(
Quote from: Caliga on November 23, 2009, 09:36:42 AM
Quote from: Cerr on November 23, 2009, 08:12:47 AM
It depends on what your interests are as to whether it's worth visiting but if you seriously think that's all there is to Irish history, I don't think you should come here, we don't need any more ignorant idiots.
But ignorant idiots spend money like the dickens. :(
For you, I'll make an exception. :hug:
:smoke:
Quote from: Caliga on November 23, 2009, 10:59:37 AM
:smoke:
But you'll have to smoke out of the pub, just like everyone else.
Quote from: The Larch on November 23, 2009, 11:02:15 AM
Quote from: Caliga on November 23, 2009, 10:59:37 AM
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But you'll have to smoke out of the pub, just like everyone else.
Quite a few pubs now have heated beer gardens to lessen that problem.
Sorry but Ireland is a hell hole. It's the Mississippi of Western Europe.
The friendly non-defensive natives make it all worthwhile.
I love Ireland, and I've been there roughly once a year for the past four years. :Embarrass:
Here's my shortlist if you go:
Meath--
Newgrange tombs
Boyne battle site
Tara
Trim
Dublin--
Guinness storehouse
Jameson distillery
St. Pats
Trinity and the Book of Kells
Just fucking walk around and drink at pubs :ccr:
I haven't been to the outer islands or Moher or anything yet, but that might be fun. Also, Cork and Limerick are pretty meh. The Irish call Limerick "Stab City". I like hopping from castle to castle in the countryside. Mostly the stuff you'll want to do in a short trip will be in the general vicinity of Dublin, so that's why I listed Dublin and Meath stuff.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 23, 2009, 12:41:23 PM
I love Ireland, and I've been there roughly once a year for the past four years. :Embarrass:
Here's my shortlist if you go:
Meath--
Newgrange tombs
Boyne battle site
Tara
Trim
Dublin--
Guinness storehouse
Jameson distillery
St. Pats
Trinity and the Book of Kells
Just fucking walk around and drink at pubs :ccr:
I haven't been to the outer islands or Moher or anything yet, but that might be fun. Also, Cork and Limerick are pretty meh. The Irish call Limerick "Stab City". I like hopping from castle to castle in the countryside. Mostly the stuff you'll want to do in a short trip will be in the general vicinity of Dublin, so that's why I listed Dublin and Meath stuff.
Galway is well worth a visit if you get a chance to go to the west coast.
I haven't been there but the Aran islands are supposed to be nice as well
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on November 23, 2009, 12:25:35 PM
Sorry but Ireland is a hell hole. It's the Mississippi of Western Europe.
:lmfao:
My Dad's actually aghast at me going, because his main experience with the Irish is getting into fights in the Northeast in the 1970s when people at pubs would want to raise money for the IRA.
Thanks for the comments, everyone. Except Cerr's, who's somehow angry that Irish history consists of being England's bitch.
Quote from: Faeelin on November 23, 2009, 12:55:40 PM
his main experience with the Irish is getting into fights
Shocking. -_-
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on November 23, 2009, 12:25:35 PM
Sorry but Ireland is a hell hole. It's the Mississippi of Western Europe.
Not really. As I said it is a nice country. Its just a bit dull, there are no real big stand out tourist attractions, by its very nature much of Irish history isn't given over to leaving something exciting for future generations to look at- you just get a big mound where there used to be a fort and the like. Its the Maine (or wherever-nice but dull) of western Europe.
QuoteMy Dad's actually aghast at me going, because his main experience with the Irish is getting into fights in the Northeast in the 1970s when people at pubs would want to raise money for the IRA.
:bleeding:
Damn there are some idiots in the world. Raising money to fund terrorists to fuck up Ireland!?!