We are in Dublin

Couldn't believe the people on the streets when we arrived. It was rush hour and the sidewalks were full of people, you could hardly move. We were able to walk to our lodging from where the bus let us off.
Yesterday was a very busy day, but we seemed to hit everything right for crowds. We started at the book of Kells at trinity college. It is the oldest copy of the original 4 gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We were almost all alone when we viewed the book. Fantastic art wook from 800 AD. Since we had bought a hop on hop off pass we hopped onto the bus and headed for the Guiness storehouse. The self guided tour was better than we expected and of course we had a pint at the end. Back on the bus to Kilmainham jail which held the prisioners of the Easter Uprising in 1916 and where they were executed. Very interesting but very sobering (especially after the Guiness storehouse). It is hard to believe anyone could have survived there very long. Children were put in for months for stealing a loaf of bread. Back on the bus to the Hapenny bridge, so called because there was a hapenny toll to cross it. We went to Gogarty's pub where there is a traditional Irish music pub crawl every night. Had dinner and of course another Guiness before heading back to our room to dump off the excess baggage. Back to the pub and went on the pub crawl with the obligarity Guiness not included, but we drank one anyway. We went to 3 pubs over a couple of hours and listened to the music. (only had one Guiness all night, we were very restrained despite learning that Guiness is really good for you). We were a tired couple of people by the time we got home and climbed the 4000 or so stairs.

Today we went back to Trinity for a look around and couldn't believe the line up to get to see the book of Kells. Did we pick the right day and time. Spent the morning at the Museum of archeology and history.

Start our journey home tomorrow. See or talk to you in a few days.