Dublin

See I told I would have this post up by today! J We spent more than one day in Dublin which was really awesome because I was exhausted from all of the driving and also from moving from one place to another. However on our first day in Dublin we weren’t quite done with the car yet!

Day 8:

We started the morning going to Trinity College to see the Book of Kells. It is a book that was written in 800 AD and is an illuminated text. In other words it is a really amazing book with really neat calligraphy and pictures (If you don’t know what it is or looks like you should look it up). We went first thing which we found out was a good thing, because right when we finished there was a massive tour bus that arrived and pretty much took over the museum. Then we jumped into the car and drove out to a place where they have tours to Neolithic tombs, talk about fascinating. The one that we went to was called Knowth and it has two really long tunnels underneath it for the burial grounds. Also there were these amazing carved stones all around the place. They don’t know why they made these structures, or how, but they know that the one at Knowth was not only used in the Neolithic, but also throughout history as a fort because it was a giant hill in the middle of farmland. And finally we said goodbye to the car and headed back to Dublin. It was a good thing we did because we had no idea how long the bus was going to take to get us back to the airport and we got a pretty good idea on the ride home.

No pictures in the museum, so I got one of the sign!

This was our hostel, see what I mean about
the purple (see last post)



This was the coffee that E got at Trinity College

This was the tomb that we went to go see!

Some of the carvings on the stones. They had all rubbed
away a lot, but that is to be expected from stones that are
5000 years old.



This was the tomb from a ways off. It was a really big hill, so
it made sense to have it as a place to put a watch tower or two!

Day 9:

We started out the day with the best breakfast ever at a place called the Queen of Tarts. If you ever end up in Dublin look it up! I think though we were all vibrating with all of the sugar that we ate that morning, I know I was! Then we walked to the Gaol, I got us a little lost, but the route we took was more scenic than the other way. The Gaol was very interesting, because of all of the history it had. First it was used as a place where they deported criminals to Australia, then as a place for criminals from the potato famine, and finally as a prison for criminals from the civil war in Ireland. The stories that the lady told us were just so cool. Also the main part of the building has been used in some movies, so you might know where we are talking about (I can’t remember them right now). We then went to a concert that was put on by one of M’s friends and her orchestra. They played two parts from Holst’s The Planets, which is my fave so I loved that part too! (Sorry about the lack of pictures, by this point I was a little tired of pictures and also my camera battery wasn't fully charged)

The menu, I am pretty sure that is L'il Bro.

My Breakfast! I shared, so dont think I ate it all myself.
Teddy loved them both!

The Gaol

Day 10:

Aka Our last day. We started the day going to another café, not as popular as the other one, but equally as good, I had eggs though, because I couldn’t do another sweet breakfast. We also went back to Trinity College to get some stamps and some more post cards, and we played cards too. And finally, after three days we made it to the Guinness tour!!!!! The only bad thing I can say about the tour is that I had had too much Guinness by the time we got there that I had a soft drink instead of a Guinness at the end. (But don’t worry I did try the sample that they gave us part way through the tour). By the end of the day though some of us needed a serious nap, and we went for one, and then we packed everything up, shared some youtube videos and went to bed, because we had a really early start to the morning in order to catch our flights home.

The Guinness Factory!!!!! Teddy likes
Guinness too! 

There were a lot of signs!



E and her taste of the beer.



L'il Bro with his taste of the brown stuff!

Wow, that was a ton of stuff to get in. I may have a post later that is just pictures taken by the other members of our group, because, as is always the case, I don’t have many pics of me. I’ll post again soon, but right now I really need to do some studying for my classes!

Lots of love,

Tiny and Teddy