Last Day in Dublin

Today we had to get everything in that we wanted to see before we left. Luckily for us, we didn't have too much to do, so it was doable. Let's get to it! First we saw the Ha'Penny bridge, because that's how much it used to cost to cross it. 

 Then we went to a museum, the Natural History Museum. It's also called the Dead Zoo, because all thats in here is animal skeletons.

 And this giant crab shell, holy jeez.

We walked around all day and finally had some sun here! 

Also I should have mentioned, at this time of the year in Ireland, the sun goes down at like, 11:00, and it rises at like, 4:00 AM. So, I never saw night, and I never saw moon or stars. In addition to this, it's always cloudy there, so finally seeing the sun today was so great! 

I've had an amazing time over here. While 4 weeks was a long time, it was worth to see all that I did. I hope to come back with Husband someday (he was originally supposed to meet me in Ireland and then things worked out that it didn't happen) and we can see all sorts of awesome stuff together! 

Dublin!

We have finally made it to Dublin, which means our trip is coming to an end, alas. But we still have a couple of days to have a great time.
First we went to Trinity College to see the Book of Kells. The Book is an illustrated Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. It's seriously really cool and very old. This pic isn't of the actual book, but one of the volumes of...something in there that now I can't recall the name of.

This is a library in Trinity College called The Long Room. It has gillions of books and is so cool!

Here is the oldest harp in Dublin. Apparently back in they day, Queen Elizabeth banned harps and had them all destroyed, but this one is from the 15th century and it survived! Good for it. 

Here is the most famous church in Dublin - St Patrick's Cathedral, and its so awesome. 

And here is Dublin Castle. We debated going inside, but honestly I didn't want to spend the money to walk around in an old castle. Again. 

 Here's just St Patrick's from another angle, so impressive.

 Just one more day in Ireland and then the trip comes to a close!