Minnicks On Their Road To Ever After: Ireland Part 3: Exploring Dublin

Monday came and it was hard to wrap my brain around that Lou was really here for “work”… or at least a work related conference…..

So he was off bright and early Monday and Lola and I slept right through it all!

We were still mixed up with our sleeping and Lola was sleeping in until about 10:30… It actually ended up being perfect because we would get ready and have just enough time to make it over to Lou for lunch together!

The tilted cylinder building was the conference center… they called in “”"the pint” because it looks like a pint of tilted Guinness!

The building was so pretty but all we cared about was stealing our daddy Lou for lunch!We ate lunch across the bridge form the conference ceter at a super cute traditional Irish place (it was the only meal i had that i didn’t care for during the entire trip!) but it was super cute!

We required lots of snacks after that meal…. but def cute points! Lou made his way back and we headed down to Temple area to find lots of cute shops and pubs!I spy a Poppy! Then I spied a leprechaun! Oh fun, or9 so I thought…. Lola was fine and then all of a sudden it WAS NOT OKAY!!

She literally lost it and clinged to me! SO what does he do? Pulls his damn head off and says “It’s ok, it’s only me”…. She screamed louder and looked away… I’m like “yeah thanks now you have two heads!” Candy shops are more our style and isn’t this one the cutest!Lola got her first lollipop there and boy did that turn into a toddler “event”!

The fact that we had to walk past the leprechaun to get back to the hotel after we met up with daddy didn’t help either :)

So she seemed to lose interest in the pop and then it fell in the street so I figured we could just throw it away…..

OH NO.

This caused major distress so I had to wash it off in a bathroom bar and then give it back to my child who suddenly became overly interested in it again!

Oh Toddlers… She was obviously tired and fell asleep on our stroll back home… Isn’t it just beautiful!

I love this bridges with the “love locks” Lou so didn’t get it… he said it just looked like a lot of peoples bikes got stolen…. bahhumbug! We found a market on the way home and it was SO cheap! Like 6 bananas for 1$ kind of cheap!

We also happened to pass a MALL- oops!

That night B arrived and we got a bite to eat (although I think i forgot to take a picture)…. it was SO good and very close to our hotel!

After dinner we found this happening:

Girlfriend was literally caught red handed taking toilet paper dipping it in the toilet and then putting it in her hair…..

Bless her, bless me and the next few years ahead of us!

The next morning B was up before all of us believe it or not…. the kid even went running!!! Here I am scared to call their room at 11a.m. worried I would wake him after he had been up a full 24 hours with the flight and layovers and mom says “Oh he already left to go running, he will be back soon”… why didn’t I get that gene?

Never the less, we got all dolled up for a day in the city and lunch with daddy!

Good morning puppies!

We went to another cute pub across the river from Lou’s conference and Mom was SO excited to find Italian beer!

We do NOT like Guinness!

B got pretty lucky with the food, pretty much every pub had a vegan option!

As soon as we finished eating this girlfriend got up in the middle of the pub and started jamming to the music!

Lola was so funny at lunch…. she mad fun of daddy for wearing glasses yet she was currently “pants less” for pooping through her pants… I told her at minimum her timing was poor :)

Her sweet daddy spent half his lunch break drying her pants in the bathroom with the hand dryer!

After Lou went back to the conference we got on our bus to take the full Dublin tour…. out first “hop off” was The Dead Museum… yes for real!

It was actually really cool and who knew it would be so…. pretty.

Lola loved all the animals and she literally had to pull B around to each animal like she was the teacher to show him everything. I swear she rarely even looked at anything because she was only in a race to see each thing FIRST so she could then show him! This was her face when she saw him coming down the stairs!

Lola and Poppy leaving the museum! Next stop was the Dublin Castle….. as we arrived the driver says “if your looking for a castle it’s not “actually a castle”… thanks for the heads up!We still thought it was beautiful! We played tourist and found our favorite spot…. near the famous Temple Bar their was a bunch of cute restaurants and shops… We spotted a MEXICAN one and the next day we told Lou…. you will know where to find us for lunch!

I found cheese Dip and it was SO amazing!!

We did the Temple Bar pic- Check the box!

B even got a beer that was in a glass called “Franciscan Well”! Did they know we were coming or what!? I took about 15 pictures trying to get the name to be clear but it was jus not working for me…. you get the point!

That night Lola was super tired and so was Poppy so we decided to go out” baby free” (more of that to come) and take Lola to her own dinner before putting her to bed with Gigi in charge!

This NEVER happens (unless we travel- i think is safe to say now) so i take a million pictures when it happens! We decided to take her for a quick dinner and put her to bed before we left her with Gigi and she was SO excited about her “special” meal!