Hello again after a very long time……
After extolling the virtues of visiting Dublin in winter in this piece for the January issue of JetWings, I went over for a winter break myself. Here’s a few pictures from the trip:
Sweet little flowers that I’d never seen before:
![snowdrops](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/snowdrops%202.jpg)
I guess you know you’re close to the sea when the gulls in your capital outnumber the pigeons:
![gullls on Pearse Street](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/gulls%20on%20Pearse%20Street%202.jpg)
Crossing the Boyne:
![Drogheda](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/Drogheda%202.jpg)
One beautiful, sunny Saturday spent down south in Co. Cork:
![Liscarroll](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/Liscarroll%20countryside%202.jpg)
At the Donkey Sanctuary in Liscarroll:
![donkeys up close](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/donkeys%20up%20close%202.jpg)
And finally, after one failed attempt a few years back due to unsatisfactory photos:
![passport](https://filmiholic.com/images/Dublin%20Jan-Feb%202013/passport%202%202.jpg)