Today we started our day by lounging about our hotel room a little longer than planned, so we skipped the walking tour and went to Trinity instead. We didn't skip a great big Irish breakfast though!
At Trinity we saw the Book of Kells. It is amazing to see this book, at over a thousand years old, and other books that date from nearly a century to well over a century in such wonderful condition. The artistry and scholarship it took is astonishing. The school and the Library themselves are great to see as well.
After Trinity we hopped a bus to Newgrange. We thought we had seen antiquities at Trinity! The site at Newgrange is astonishing. There are lots of questions unanswered about the people who built the tomb, but they know they were a well organized and intelligent society. The tomb itself was built 500 years before the pyramids. You can stand inside the chamber and marvel at the construction skills, sheer determination, and knowledge of the sun that was required to build the tomb.
Once we returned to Dublin we had a little food, walked around Temple Bar, realized which room was ours at the hotel (we have a really awsome room, but more on that later), and in for a relaxing evening.
Helene is asleep already and as we are up early for a Train/Bus tour up to the northern Irish coast, I had better follow suite. Pictures tomorrow from the Giant's Causeway, Bushmills, and Belfast.
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Ireland Day 2 Pictures
A little corner of the internet for our branch of the McLaughlin family.
2 comments:
Looks like you could learn alot at Trinity and the other place. Maybe you can find out where to look into getting some historical genealogy stuff about Helene's ancestors. The geometrical patterns are awesome.
I'm loving the postings and pics. Your camera (and you guys) are doing a splendid job! Your wii says, "Hello!" by the way. Hope your Monday was a good one...
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