Reading and Roaming
We were on our own our last full day in Dublin and mostly wandered around. We checked out the very complete Dubray bookshop, had a lovely wine, cheese and charcuterie lunch, spent some more time in a very populated St. Stephen’s Green Park, and then topped it all off with a superb dinner at Pichet. …
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This was Day 3 in Dublin and we spent about 4 hours with a tour guide. James was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and brimming with historical details. The highlight for me was the Book of Kells exhibit at the library at Trinity College It was a well thought out exhibit in which selected pages and images from …
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Yesterday we were on our own all day and feeling restored from a good night’s sleep, we walked and walked and explored some of the streets and lanes on both sides of the river, crossing and re-crossing over several bridges. Our hotel is on the south side of the River Liffey. This area is popular …
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ARRIVING IN DUBLIN As our flight across the Atlantic began descending into the Dublin airport, I was struck by blocks of green. Green fields, neatly regular plots of green, and here and there rows of houses and houses grouped in a circle around a central business district. At least two other international flights arrived about …
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