For my stay in Venice, I choose an Airbnb right between the Guggenheim museum and the Punta Della Dogana – the perfect place to relax and enjoy some quiet time but also to be right in the centre within minutes. I enjoyed long walks along the Giudecca Canal and explored the Dorsodura. And area which I had ignored so far, except for the Guggenheim and the Punta Della Dogana.
The best place to enjoy the sunset!
Part two of walking around Dublin. We just continue with the statute of the lovely Molly Malone – who was brought to life by The Dubliners.
In Dublin’s fair city
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow
Through the streets broad and narrow
Crying “cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh (The Dubliners)
Walking from Grafton Street to Dublin Castle..
The Castle used to be the home of the English government until the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1921, today it is used by the Irish government.
Right around the corner the house of the “Sick & Indicent Roomkeepers Society”!
Walking through Dublin of the Vikings who let quite a lot of history behind having started to settle in Ireland in 795. And staid until the Norman invasions in the 12th century.
I stayed in a lovely and super cosy little cottage near the Guinness Brewery, a very central location and a great starting point for just walking around the city. For the last years, there is a huge housing crisis going on in Dublin with ongoing protests and many projects trying to solve this or at least help people who either have lost their homes or aren´t able to get on. As a tourist one doesn´t notice that much but besides the Brexit, this was the one big topic people talked about with me.
Walking along River Liffey…
Ha´Penny Bridge – or as it is named officially the Liffey Bridge – a pedestrian bridge built in 1816.
Before the Ha’penny Bridge was built there were seven ferries, operated by a William Walsh, across the Liffey. The ferries were in a bad condition and Walsh was informed that he had to either fix them or build a bridge. Walsh chose the latter option and was granted the right to extract a ha’penny toll from anyone crossing it for 100 years. (Ha´Penny Bridge)
The toll was dropped in 1919.
Molly Malone – the fictional fishmonger from the song “Molly Malone” by The Dubliners.