Spring comes
to Dublin, Ireland/Carlos Pueblo
There are
many foreigners working in Dublin, Ireland. The population inside
The city
limit is 530,000 and the metropolitan area is more than 800,000.
You can hear
foreign sounds while walking downtown Dublin. I run into many
Orientals
who are students or workers where the city provides much opportunity.
Ireland is a
member of European Union; therefore, many Eastern European are
Coming here
for work. Because of my laundry need, I walked along Lower Gardener
Street
toward Parnell Street and found an oriental section on Parnell extended to
The O’Connell
Street, the main avenue of downtown. There are grocery stores,
restaurants,
computer parts store and services, and many other business like a
small
Chinatown in the big city of U.S. Across the O’Connell, the streets are still
crowded with
vehicles and pedestrians, I come to the Moore Street. It is a small
business
street with an open air market of fresh produce mainly vegetables and
fresh
flowers. The flowers shop owners are busy early in the morning sorting all
kinds of
flowers and the customers have already dropped by picking up flowers.
Dublin is a
high income city and it is reasonably to believe that there is a market
for such
demand. One after I did find passion fruits from Spain at a fruits stand.
Henry Street
shopping area is nearby. There is a red line light rail on Abbey Street
passing through
many parts of the city. I walked toward Four Courts, the executors
od Irish
rule and law, the old Jameson Distillery, an luxury restaurant and whisky
shop, and on
the side, there is an old chimney viewing tower where you can have a
better view
of the city. Then I kept following the map to the National Museum and I
missed the
army barracks. I wonder if the Queen’s Irish battalion is from this barracks.
Walking
across the River Liffey to the south quay, pier in common English. There are
many quays
on both sides of the river that I can imagine the old day full of boats on
the river.
Civic office is there and adjacent of the Viking/Medieval Area with Dublin
Castle, Old
City Wall, Cathedral etc. There are about 1,000 years old and still in good
condition. I
was busy to inspect every cherry blossom on the area. Trinity College,
National
Library, and St. Stephen Green Garden are all adjacent to the old city area.
There is a
pretty sail ship on the river without sails that day. On the north quay, there
Is a narrow
park with the famous Irish starvation statues. Custom House is there. This
Is a very
unique architecture which is as big as Taiwanese Presidential Palace in Taipei,
Taiwan. I
chatted with the staff inside the Custom House about how the Brittan knew
the income
value of the custom during the Nanking Treaty with Manchu Dynasty after
the opium
war. I am so happy to come to Dublin in spring and witness the prosperity
of the city.
