Dublin Day 2: Tour of the City, Trinity College, and Environs

We slept in and then went to try to get an Emerald Rail pass which covers both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.  It turns out that they are no longer available, but that cheap rail tickets are available online so we probably are ending up saving money even if we do a fair amount of trips in week 2.  We then went on to do one of the double decker bus tours.  I do wonder why such buses aren’t more common as transit in the U.S.  They add capacity and are probably easier to drive than the double length buses.  They’re also more fun, though I will admit that standing in the middle section of a double length bus is pretty neat.

After the tour we went on to see Trinity College (where you can’t walk on the grass, boo).  That was a neat experience and the Book of Kells exhibit and the long library were both great but unsurprisingly unavailable for photos.  I do think many of the scribes rather enjoyed their jobs, if the poems selected for the exhibit were any indication.  The long library, which is two levels tall and decked out in attractive wood, had a neat exhibit on Napoleon and accounts of him from his time.

Afterwards we wandered around to the southeast and took in some of the government buildings and other landmarks.  We had dinner at Fire restaurant; it was Kate’s choice and quite lovely.  I’m considering putting up reviews when I have a bit more time afterwards or am bored on the train after finishing reading material.

We went kinda nuts with the pictures on the tour, so fair warning this day’s slideshow is long.  We’ll probably do a condensed version sometime after we get home.

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