On May 30, 2025, the MS Vista sailed into Dublin Bay and dropped its anchor. Ship to shore transfers were to be done by tender that day. Unfortunately, the drop off point for the tenders was at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, nowhere near the Liffey River. One had to get a cab to drive the 10 kilometres to the Temple Bar area where St. Patrick's Cathedral and Dublin Castle are situated. But our adventurers had seen all that stuff before and they just wanted to go ashore and go for walk.
Gym and his dear companion decided to stroll through some of the more chi-chi neighborhoods in the capital. On the way to the Ballsbridge and Donnybrook districts they traveled above Seaport Park where they observed a a few 'polar bears' braving the sub 15C surf. The air temperature was much warmer than the sea though and there were numerous locals out on the park pathways pushing upscale strollers and pulling posh canine companions. To our hero, the populace appeared to be mostly Millennial and Gen Z but that made sense because he'd passed multiple campuses of Trinity College and Dublin College scattered throughout the area. At one point along the way, Mrs. Gym deftly steered her husband away from a row of watering holes between two campuses.
They continued on and came to several blocks of beautiful detached stone houses, on generous lots, surrounded by hedges of rose bushes and flanked by ornate wrought-iron gates. They had arrived in the Ballsbridge area. There were a few listings by Saville and Sotheby's. When Gym returned to the ship he checked out the list prices and they did not surprise him. His favourite house was on Ailesbury Road was listed at 8M Euros.
The dynamic duo dined in a quaint little Irish public house and returned to Loaghaaire Harbour by cab. They had reached their step-count goal for the day and then some.
That night the Vista would cross the Irish Sea to Wales.
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| Grand Canal near Ballsbridge, Dublin |
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| Pink door/white door duplex |
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| Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge |
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| Blackrock park |
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| Apperol Spritz on the terrace |
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| Swimmers in Dublin Bay |
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| A very friendly public house where the Guiness is fresh |
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