Today our emotions have run the gamut from concern for everyone back home
due to the tropical storm slamming into the coast near St. Marks and roaring
over a lot of our friends and relatives to pleasant experiences as we continued
touring Dublin
We had designated today a slow day, but this has been a
richly blessed day from the mild weather to the people and sights we have
encountered. Dublin is definitely busy
from the work to link the rail systems which has a lot of construction going on
to the huge influx of ACC tourists for the football game tomorrow.
After checking on Facebook and WCTV this morning (our other
communication devices are having difficulties, it seems!) we had a traditional
Irish breakfast in the dining room. We
tried the blood pudding, but we think it is an acquired taste. We will not say that we really disliked
it. That would be rude, but we really
liked the country ham and the sausages of so much better! I am glad we tried the other, because I have
read about it for years in books set in Ireland and I just liked to know from firsthand
experience what new and different things are like
.
We took a taxi to the National Library of Ireland in search
of our Irish ancestor in the Hendrick line.
Hendrick is a fairly common name in Ireland and even though we enjoyed
meeting and talking with Frances Carroll, a library genealogy consultant, we
did not come away with any new information.
We did enjoy the building including the domed entry that has a lot of
stained glass windows commemorating many of the great thinkers and writers of
the world.
We then purchased our tickets for the Hop on Hop off bus and
enjoyed touring most of the major sights of the city from the bus from where Oscar
Wilde was born to where U-2 owns the penthouse apartment in Millennium towers
to the old jail where many of the Irish rebels were hanged to the sight of
rebellions, to…… The list goes on and on.
My camera battery died sometime before we got to the Samuel Beckett
Bridge which is a modern marvel In fact,
the last major photo taken was of the Millennium Monument which is the highest in
the world and looks like a really tall car antenna.
Not long after we visited Dockside, we took a break to
stroll through the placid Trinity College Campus, a forty-two acre island in
the middle of the city. As we approached
the entrance to the college, we encountered a large group of good looking young
muscular men all clad in Boston College Blazers headed to their bus evidently
for an event, the entire BC football team.
Things were far from peaceful and serene on the campus: Georgia Tech fans looked like they were
planning a pep rally. We grabbed an ice
cream cone and sat on the steps of one of the buildings and people watched for a
while before getting instructions on how to exit.
After hitting the street, we found another hop on hop off
location and reboarded for the ride back to O’Connell street were we had a
light supper before returning to the room.
It has been a blessed day.
Tomorrow will be a long one with the ring of Kerry on the schedule.
Everyone take care at home while you are
cleaning up after the stor
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