I only half-halfheartedly apologize for not posting any updates, because while I know you all want to hear about my travels, I have been too busy meeting too many people, and seeing too much to have time to upload photos and write to you all. My first afternoon here, after getting a bit lost trying to find Temple Bar (the area which is named for its famous pub), I got a map and began exploring for real. I found a beautiful park in which I wandered around for a while and then made my way to their main art museum. The highlight for me was Irish landscapes done in the impressionist style and art my Irish expressionist Jack Yeats.
But that's more than enough about art... Let's get back to the scenery right in front of me! I spent a very nice morning in Dun Laoughaire, a fishing village south of Dublin. Very nice and yes, Eliza I did see Farrell's pub! That afternoon I saw the Book of Kells and the Long Room in Trinity College. I so wish that we had been able to take pictures in there! The Book was stunning- all that detail and vivid colors that there were able to create from rocks/minerals in the 8th century! And the Long Room - so amazing! It had the wonderful smell of old books and the ladders to the high-up shelves... I could have stayed much longer but it was closing time and they probably wouldn't have appreciated me trying to read the books anyway.
Photos and more stories about Newgrange, my hike today and rugby will be posted tomorrow (hopefully)!
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