Dublin
July 19, 2019
It took all morning to drive to Dublin from Kilkenny and drop off the car, but we’re glad that we survived driving on the left all week without wrecking! We took a bus from the airport to a stop very near our hotel on Fleet Street. Fleet Street is right in the thick of the action. After checking in, we headed out to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College and then to the Archaeological museum. We saw the chalice that a man and his son discovered with a metal detector at the Rock of Cashel that they were paid 5.5 million Euros for in 1980. The guide said that after that, everyone got a metal detector. Ireland subsequently decided that if you found anything, it belonged to Ireland.
We met Amanda at the Temple bar(everyone else had gone back to rest for a little while). David and I found an authentic Italian restaurant, so I could taste the lasagna here in Ireland. David got a flatbread dish that was excellent. The lasagna was only so-so.
Our musical pub crawl was fun and the Clark family was there as well. We really enjoyed that. Afterwards we met up all of the bridal clan at a bar called the Mezz and finished the night there. So fun!!
It took all morning to drive to Dublin from Kilkenny and drop off the car, but we’re glad that we survived driving on the left all week without wrecking! We took a bus from the airport to a stop very near our hotel on Fleet Street. Fleet Street is right in the thick of the action. After checking in, we headed out to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College and then to the Archaeological museum. We saw the chalice that a man and his son discovered with a metal detector at the Rock of Cashel that they were paid 5.5 million Euros for in 1980. The guide said that after that, everyone got a metal detector. Ireland subsequently decided that if you found anything, it belonged to Ireland.
We met Amanda at the Temple bar(everyone else had gone back to rest for a little while). David and I found an authentic Italian restaurant, so I could taste the lasagna here in Ireland. David got a flatbread dish that was excellent. The lasagna was only so-so.
Our musical pub crawl was fun and the Clark family was there as well. We really enjoyed that. Afterwards we met up all of the bridal clan at a bar called the Mezz and finished the night there. So fun!!
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| Mother/daughter photo at The Mezz |
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| Danny Boy sung by our musical pub crawl hosts. |
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| Rose Brady and Carla Buchholz in The Mezz |
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| Matt and Ned Clark and David listening to our musical hosts during our evening pub crawl. |
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| The Library in Trinity College |
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| Flowers! |
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| Meeting Amanda in Temple Bar upon arrival in Dublin. |
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The River Liffey
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Trinity College Library, where the Book of Kells is kept. Very impressive library.
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| So-so lasagna and a nice crispy flatbread. |
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| A leather bound book found in the peat bogs. It's from the year 800 AD and the cover writing is still legible. |
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| A chalice from the 9th century found in 1980 near the Rock of Cashel. |
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| Trying to capture how beautiful the flowers are along the streets. Dublin, despite the trash, has gorgeous flowers everywhere. |
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