So we arrived in Dublin about 5 days ago and hung out there for awhile. Guiness really does taste better in Dublin… at the end of a tour of the plant and learning how they make it and then becoming an honourary apprentice. Okay, so the tour was lame, but the free beer at the end was good. We also checked out the cathedrals in Dublin – Christ Church (where Strongbow, the Norman warrior is buried and where the North wall leans out and has for over 500 years or so, and where all the Irish church treasury is) and St. Patick’s (where Jonathan Swift was Dean and where he is buried) and the Book of Kells at Trinity College (as well as other ancient illuminated manuscripts and one of the largest old book collections in the world. They had to raise the roof in the 1800s to make room for them all). We mailed some postcards from THE postoffice on O’Connell St. where the 1916 Easter Rebellion started from (bought the stamps from there too come to think of it) and went to the National Museum (where they have a bunch of “bog men” and lots and lots of ancient Irish/Celtic jewelry).
Today we took the train down to Killarney, county Kerry, in the south west. Its green like Ireland is supposed to be, and the highest point in Ireland is visible from here. Tomorrow we are taking a tour around the Ring of Kerry which is supposed to have some magnificent scenery and stuff. You’ll see pictures later I hope.