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2009-11-07

Europe a la Carte Twitter Competition (4): Win a Dublin short break

By Karen Bryan

Update 16 November 2009: The lucky winner is Lucy Whittington author of Lucy Loves Australia. Also found on Twitter as @LucyWhittington. Lucy was the only entrant to correctly name the location of my Twitter background photo as the Zone Pyramids, near Marone, Italy (close to my favourite Italian lake, Iseo). However here’s her answer to the tiebreaker question, What most appeals to you about visiting Dublin?, “Admiring the architecture, a proper pint of Guinness, and the chance to jump on the DART to Howth for some sea air (OK and the shops appeal too!).”

Lucy will enjoy two nights accommodation on a B&B basis in the Arlington Temple Bar Hotel in Dublin with Irish Show and meal on one night and a 30 euro credit at one of the tables with its own beer tap. Two x 2 day Dublin passes courtesy of Visit Dublin. A 3 course evening meal with a bottle of house wine at the Gallery Restaurant at the The Church.

However there’s another chance to win a weekend in Dublin in the Pour Your Own Pint online game. Any player who can score 100 will be entered into the draw to take place at the end of November, to win the prize of spending St Patrick’s Weekend 2010 in Dublin.

Competition:

The Europe a la Carte Blog Twitter competition (4) launches today. To win you have to correctly identify the location in the background photo of my @karenbryan Twitter page. I’ll be giving clues on Twitter during the competition to help you work out the background photo location. You’ll also need to answer the tiebreaker question.

Europe a la Carte Twitter Competition (4): Win a Dublin short break

The destination displayed on the Twitter page background has been written about in the Europe a la Carte Blog. You must leave your answer as a comment on this blog post, also answering the tiebreaker question. The tiebreaker kicks in if either no-one gets the destination correctly or if more than one person gets the correct destination. The tiebreaker enables me to choose a winner by judging the most entertaining and/or insightful answer.

The Prize:

The short break to Dublin comprising of three parts:

Part 1: Two nights accommodation on a B&B basis in the Arlington Temple Bar Hotel in Dublin with Irish Show and meal on one night. The Arlington Temple Bar is part of the Louis Fitzgerald group on Twitter as @LouisFitzgerald.

You can arrange your stay at any time up to 30 December 2010, subject to availability. The winner of the Europe a la Carte Twitter Competition (4) will also receive 30 euro credit at one of the tables with its own beer tap. You can start practising for your stay by playing the Pour Your Own Pint online game. Everyone should try their hand at the game, as any player who can score 100 will be entered into the draw to take place at the end of November, to win the prize of spending St Patrick’s Weekend 2010 in Dublin.

Arlington Temple Bar, Dublin

Pull you own pint table at Arlington Temple Bar

Part 2: Two x 2 day Dublin passes courtesy of Visit Dublin. Dublin Passes includ free entry to over 30 top attractions such as Dublin Castle, Dublin Writers Museum and the Guinness Storehouse. It also covers transfer from Dublin Airport to the city centre on Aircoach.

Dublin Castle Gardens

Dublin Castle Gardens

Part 3: A 3 course evening meal with a bottle of house wine at the Gallery Restaurant at the The Church. I had lunch at The Church when I was in Dublin in October 2009, the food’s great and it’s an amazing building. You can follow @thechurch_ie on Twitter.

How to enter:

1 Click through to @karenbryan Twitter page.

2 Decide on the location of the background photo. It’s in Lombardy in Italy. Follow me on Twitter @karenbryan for some more clues during the week. To follow me you need to click on the Follow button just under the small photo of me at the top left of my Twitter page.

3 Return to this blog post and write a comment with the name of the location in the Twitter background photo and the answer to the question, “What most appeals to you about visiting Dublin?”

Exclusions:

Members of the Europe a la Carte blogging team can’t enter the competition (as they can read the comments in blog admin).

Closing date:

Competition entries by blog comment must be made by midnight GMT on Sunday 15 November 2009.

Good luck and look out for some more great prizes in future Europe a la Carte Twitter competitions.


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Comments

  • Answer - Pyramids of Zone, Lake Iseo (http://www.italylakes.net/2009/03/01/lake-iseo-...)

    What appeals to me most about visiting Dublin is walking down O'Connell Street, with its grand shops and friendly locals, past the Spire and onward over the bridge spanning the flowing Liffey river. Taking a right after crossing the bridge, a small walk further down the river and then, cutting through the old buildings to the left, on to the Temple Bar area for a lovely cold Guinness.
  • The answer is: Pyramids of Zone, Lake Iseo.
    What most appeals to me about Dublin is the Guinness :-) Well, that and the fact I've never been and I've always wanted to, just never got round to it!
  • emerginwriter
    Your photo is Pyramids of Zone, Lake Iseo.
    What appeals to me most about visiting Dublin is the friendliness of the people, the fantastic literary history in particular and the freshest Guinness on earth!
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