Friday, June 8
My last day here (that's a sad thought). Went back to City Center and did some last
minute souvenir shopping. I also mailed some postcards home (I’ll be home
before they get delivered, lol) plus I mailed one of my books to one of the
people who participated in the Sigil Challenge. He lives in England and I
figured it would cost less (and deliver faster) to mail the book to him from Ireland than from the
U.S.
Found a little store called The
Yellow Brick Road on Bachelors Walk beside the River Liffy. They have lots of beads and crystals along with books and other stuff. I bought a Swarovski crystal shamrock and a small cherry
quartz skull.
This would have been a perfect place to leave one of my books,
but I had taken the books out of my messenger bag that morning since I hadn’t
seen any suitable bookstores to leave them in (only found chain type bookstores that
have a central office for purchasing). I got a business card though so I can
mail them one when I get home.
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| Angelfsea Street |
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| Fleet Street |
Wandered around in Temple Bar again. I love these two streets I photographed!
Jane and I were meeting up at Trinity College and then going
to The Little Museum of Dublin, near the National Gallery. I got to the college early and
wandered around taking photos. I hadn’t gone in the main gates when I went to
see The Book of Kells last week. The tour bus drops you off on the side of the
College. Their main square is beautiful! Cobblestone and old architecture, I
LOVE it!
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| Graduate's Memorial Building |
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| Parliament Square |
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| Campanile |
This is a bell tower. Apparently there's a belief that any student who walks under the campanile while the bell is tolling will fail their exams so many students avoid doing that.
If you scan this QR code with your smart phone you can hear a speech by George Salmon, Provost of Trinity College from 1888 to 1904. This is a sign beside his statue on the square (but it will still connect if you scan the QR code from your computer screen.)
We walked over to The Little Dublin Museum. What a great place! The museum asked people to donate pieces of Dublin history and they (more than) filled the museum with it. The tour guide was funny and friendly and had a wonderful sense of humor. He handed out candies to people in the tour who answered his questions. The first floor of the house is dedicated to the recent women’s movement. Lots of celebrated women in Irish history (and contemporary times). The second floor is where the tour takes place. The guide explains about the wars and invasions and “The Troubles”, visits by heads of state, famous authors and politicians, etc. through the photographs and items in the room. The second room is full of signs and movie posters, and more photos. The third floor has a room that’s all about U2. It’s really worth seeing and taking the tour. I heard a lot about this history of Dublin there. So many cool antiques to check out. I loved this old typewriter!
So much history and so many stories! It is well worth a visit if you are in the area.
Afterward Jane took me to dinner at an Italian restaurant
that’s only a couple of doors down from the museum, Il Posto. It’s very elegant
and they have inside as well as patio dining. We had a lovely dinner.If you plan to go to the museum definitely make reservations at this place! The food was wonderful.
Our after dinner walk took us to where Jane had parked the
car and she very kindly drove out to where my cousins own a house so I could
see what it looks like. They live in Arizona but come to Ireland two or three times
a year to visit. It’s a pretty house, red brick and leaded windows in a nice neighborhood.
We got back to Jane's cottage around 8:30. I did all my packing so all I'll have to do in the morning is get dressed. We have to be at the airport at 6 am. Hope my flights home are more comfortable than my flights here!
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