Our Travels: Apr. 17, 2019

Ireland Day 3, Dublin, IE

Shades of Ireland: 13 days

Wednesday Apr. 17, 2019

8:15am - 8:45am breakfast

9:00am bus departs

9:20am Wlakers are dropped off at Merrion Square at Oscar Wilde Statue

9:25 am - 12:10 pm Walking tour of Dublin with Dougie (Tom, Sharon, PEI Barb, PEI Joyce, Linda, Steven)

Georgian Houses,
Taoiseach ("Tea-shock")
Huguenot Cemetery
Tonehenge
St. Stephen's Green Park
Grafton Street
Powerscourt Centre
Dublin Castle
Dublin City Hall
Temple Bar area
Bank of Ireland
Molly Malone Statue
Trinity College

Funny Story from The Dublin Castle:
There are two statues over the entrance archways. The Gates of Fortitude and Justice. Lady Justice faces the inner courtyard. Dougie quotes the Irish "The Statue of Justice, mark well her station, her face to the castle and her arse to the nation"

12:11pm Trinity College

Barb and Joyce join us for the afternoon
The Book of Kells
The Long Room Library
The Store (on exiting)

Interesting Tidbit: Long line up for The Book of Kells told by others to book online.

We meet a couple just leaving. Evan and Katie from Rochester. They have two unused tickets and we get them airdropped to Sharon's iPad. They want €25. I give them €30, they don't have change so he gives me €10 bill back. Tickets are usually €14 each, we got them for€10 each. Barb and Joyce see us from the back of the line and Evan and Katie offer them two extra senior tickets for them.

We get in really fast!

12:16pm we are in to see The Book of Kells, The Long Room

12:31pm done with NO purchases!

12:50 pm we pose for pictures at The Temple Bar Pub
12:49pm - 12:54 pm Did a cartwheel for the EarthCam Dublin Cam

1:10pm - 1:45pm Lunch at Kehoe's Historic Bar at 9 Anne St. South.

Leek and Potato soup.

We buy two hats and one T-shirt for Sharon

2:00pm back to Merrion Square for our 3:00pm meeting of the bus

5:15pm Guinness Storehouse tour