2-07-2011
All my favorite girly books are written by Irish authors so looking forward to spotting places and things I have read about.
Lazy but lovely start in the morning. First stop at Trinity College ( Jeevan went to a school with the same name). We went on a tour of the grounds with a graduant, final exams passed but awaiting graduation. She did a pretty good job but began the tour under a statue of a person she had no clue about , may have been better to start elsewhere.
Obviously saw the Book of Kells and the long room ( does look like a place from the Harry Potter movies). The book of Kells is exquisite , the calligraphy must surely be the inspiration of the fairy tale books I read as a child.
300 years of medicine at the college was being celebrated , quite an interesting ( at least for us) exhibition was on display.
Then the Guinness brewery, spent more time in there than I had anticipated. It is really well done with a lot of interesting tit bits of information. I enjoyed the area where we could watch all the ads ever done for Guinness. Also learnt to draw up a pint, event got certificates for it, yes we are the happy tourists. Last bit was the Gravity bar at the top with glass all ground and a panoramic view of the city. Nice way to spend the evening.
After a slight hiccup of not getting a table at a restaurant we had been highly recommended, we went for our first stand up comedy. A little skeptical as we were unsure if we would get the jokes or the accent but the room filled up with regulars who assured us that we would have a good time. Laughed so much, will surely be making this a regular event.
Loving Dublin.
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