August 21; Once again, can't sleep too
well so have gone down to the lobby (cafe) at 5 am to write have a
coffee and generally not bug Matt who is sleeping in the room. This
time also provides an opportunity to update my part of the blog.
Yesterday was a good day. We walked
down OConnel Street and then along the Liffy to the Guinness
Brewery. The tour was OK and the highlight was the Guinness at the
end. There is a bar on the top of the building with a great view of
Dublin. The weather has been near perfect not too hot and no rain!
After the tour we walked to the Trinity College and saw the Book of
Kells. Poor Matt, I made him read (we read together a short piece
from the book Ireland that dealt with Kells. It was good to have
read the piece before seeing the book as it gave more context to the
tour. The book of Kells was interesting and I was most impressed by
seeing an “indulgence”and a copy of a Bible in German written in
German by Martin Luther and printed one year after it was released
that we saw in the Long Hall. I guess I linked these two documents
in my mind and it spoke to me about the origins of Protestantism.
After the tour I was feeling quite
tried so we sat on some steps near Westmoreland and the Oconnl bridge
and then had a cofffee. During this period Matt and I just hung out
and talked about things that are important in our lives. We then
walked back to the Bruxelles pub and had a couple of beers/ciders and
watched most of a football game on TV. After the walk home I was
pretty tried and could only manage the essentials of my email (sorry
Ingrid I was just too bushed to write more).
Today will be a busy day. Leave our
hotel, get the rental car, travel to Newgrange and then across the
country to Galway. Traveling with Matt is a real pleasure. He is
such a laid back guy and we both seem to get along well.
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