{"id":34,"date":"2024-01-17T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emmagraziano.me.holycross.edu\/?p=34"},"modified":"2024-01-17T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:32:41","slug":"last-day-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Day In Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As my friend Julia and I say our good-byes to the beautiful city of Dublin, we made our last pit stops at our favorite and most iconic spots. We took this opportunity to get pictures with the Holy Cross pennant Julia brought from Worcester!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First and foremost, as we hopped off of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinbus.ie\/timetables\/route-39a\">39A<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucd.ie\/\">UCD<\/a>, we walked through St. Stephen\u2019s Green. This gorgeous green-scape was the perfect spot for picnics during the warmer months and for brisk walks during the cooler ones. Right around the center of town, St. Stephen\u2019s Green is perfectly placed by the best restaurants or cafes to grab snacks for those aforementioned picnics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31501472_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501472_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36'>\n\t\t\t\tOutside St. Stephen&#8217;s Green\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31501488_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501488_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-35'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Stephen&#8217;s Green\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_37\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501584_Unknown.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at St. Stephen&#8217;s Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of, our next stop was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beanhive.ie\/\"> the Beanhive<\/a>. This was our go-to spot for the most delicious muffins you\u2019ll ever taste. Not only this, but they customize your latte art every time you go!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31501680_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501680_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-38'>\n\t\t\t\tCat Latte Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31501696_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Julia&#039;s Latte Art\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501696_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-39'>\n\t\t\t\tWinter Scene Latte Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After our warm mocha lattes, it was time for us to take a turn onto Grafton Street. This iconic parade of shops is undoubtedly a stop for many tourists, and rightly so. Flower carts line the street, luxury brands are at every corner, and musicians create crowds down the entire alley while playing their melodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501824_Unknown.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me on Grafton Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the excitement of Grafton Street, we made our way over to the Temple Bar area. It is essentially a rite of passage to get your picture by Temple Bar, and it&#8217;s an added bonus if you\u2019re in the area around Christmas in time for the festive decorations.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31502096_Unknown.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me Outside of Temple Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m going to miss Dublin dearly, but I\u2019ll be back over Spring break to visit a few of my friends abroad! Stay tuned for more content I\u2019ve collected along my months abroad as well as future content from my visit. Worcester here I come!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-34 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31500848_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31500848_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-44'>\n\t\t\t\tDublin Castle During the Christmas Season\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/31501008_unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/01\/31501008_Unknown-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-43'>\n\t\t\t\tDublin Castle Lit up for the Holiday\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my friend Julia and I say our good-byes to the beautiful city of Dublin, we made our last pit stops at our favorite and most iconic spots. We took this opportunity to get pictures with the Holy Cross pennant Julia brought from Worcester! First and foremost, as we hopped off of the 39A from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/2024\/01\/17\/last-day-in-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Last Day In Dublin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,6,7,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee","category-dublin-music","category-irish-music","category-leisure","category-shopping","category-university-college-of-dublin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/emmagraziano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}