We've had a great last two days. We pretty much saw everything we wanted to see, and more. We went to the Guinness brewery twice (!) so John had 4 pints of free Guinness! Whoo hoo! I was lucky enough to see that the Museum of Decorative Arts & History had a temporary exhibit called "Endurance". It was all about Ernest Shackleton and had all the Frank Hurley photos, and a life sized replica of the James Caird, the boat he used to get help, etc. It was a wonderful addition to my visit to Dublin! There were so many great books about it, too, but I just couldn't justify carrying them around on the remainder of our trip, so I will look for them on Amazon.
We visited St Patrick's Cathedral today; it was magnificent. Also, we went on a "Literary Pub Crawl" last night; it was a lot of fun and we drank a few beers, all in the name of learning of course. John won a prize in the quiz at the end of the evening.
We had dinner tonight at the most wonderful pub, O'Neills. John had the Irish Stew, and I had the Shepherd's Pie. It was delicious and a good value compared to the other stuff. We met some nice people from Holland. Actually, we've met a lot of nice people from all over the place.
We are still awed by the amount of history all around us. The city really is beautiful. We have walked so much and been all around the city.
We are packing up our stuff tonight and are really excited about getting to Stockholm for Jess & Malin's wedding. We will be on a plane at 9:05 am.
John keeps telling me what time it is at home, and it really seems like you guys are slackers. Our day is half done and you guys are just finishing your pancakes! Oh, it stays light out here until 10pm, which is strange to us. But in a good way. You know what I mean...
Okay, time to wrap up the internet time. This is going to cost me 1 Euro. Which is about $1.30 USD. But you are worth it.
Love,
Lisa and John
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