Day Eight
Wednesday -
We are up and out by 9:00am. We take the city bus into Dublin. Our B&B is about 3
miles out of the city center in Donnybrook. The car is staying put until we leave for the
Airport! We make the most of the day....Bus tour of the city, and to get an overview of
what we want to spend our time seeing. We're back to Mrs. Donnelan's by 6:00. It's time to
pack for our trip home tomorrow.
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This is St. Patrick's Cathedral. It's the oldest Christian site in Dublin, dating
from 450 AD. St.Patrick supposedly baptized converts here. The present building dates from
1190. It's not a Catholic church, it is the national cathedral for the Church of Ireland.
Jonathan Swift is buried here.
The have some really old battle flags here. |
| We won't EVEN say anything about another camera! This is a really great window in
St. Patrick's. |
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| Who is this clown? The lady to the left is most certainly impressed with his
likeness to the statue! |
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This is Christ Church Cathedral. It dates back to 1038. This is also belongs to the
Church of Ireland. |
| Dublin Castle was built in early 13th century....it was the center of British power
in Ireland until the Uprising. |
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We're having a blast exploring the city. We even find a relative in the Temple Bar
district! |
| Temple Bar district again.........This is The Clarence...It's an upscale, trendy,
hotel that the guys from U2 own. It's mission style, and a bit pricey for our wallets. A
lot of folks warn us about dangers in the Temple Bar area, but we don't have any problems,
it's not as Bohemian as its reputation....We see a nice commemoration of the Tianamen
Square Uprising.....Right outside of the French cafe we stumble into! |
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Trinity College is the oldest university in Ireland. It is a beauiful 40 acre
campus in the middle of the city center! This is the home of the Book of Kells, an 8th
century illuminated manuscript of the four gospels. |
| This is another building on the campus of Trinity. They have a lot of pretty
gardens, and cobbled streets and squares. |
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This is Grafton Street. THE place to do your shopping! We go into Bewley's for some
baked goods, and I leave Mike at McDonald's to rest while I shop. |
| St. Stephens Green is a nice park located at one end of Grafton Street. |
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And we end up our day near where we started...O'Connell Street. It is a wide (by
Irish standards) street lined with statues of the country's heroes. We make it to Fleet
Street, grab the bus, and head back to the Hazelhurst B&B. |
Dublin, Thursday
It's 7:00 am, and Mrs. Donnelan has started breakfast just for us, she has also sketched
out our route to the airport so we won't have to repeat the terrors of our maiden drive
into Dublin. I think this is our favorite B&B......We really hate to leave.....We are
totally exhausted, and we didn't get to see everything we wanted....but then, do you ever
get to see it all? We get our things together and laugh about the great experiences we get
to bring back...those are the best souvenirs of all, memories. We'll do this one
again!
