4:25 AM UP, left 5:25 AM by bus, two busses for the airport. Made it, and caught the flight to Dublin. No issues, and I caught the bus into town as per the instructions of Deb. Deb Monks is my friend from Zim days. We haven't seen each other for 46 years! Lots of catching up to do!! I stayed in her lovely airy, bright apartment, in the centre of Dublin, and we visited. Then we left to see the city. We got on a bus and went to College Green, on Dame street. We nipped into the bank ( see pic) which fortuitously is now converted into a wonderful pub!! A trip down the road took us to Trinity College, ( University) - Ireland's leading university. On the way we saw the Bank of Ireland building, and went into the Geology department and I have a pic of a great extinct Irish elk ( fossilized) We did a student tour of the campus with a student in his 18th century undergrad gown. The highlight was a trip to see the Book of Kells in a museum. The book of Kells is ninth century vellum manuscripts done by monks, and highly decorative. We went to the Long Gallery, which is the original Trinity College Library. Books are arranged in size order, and, as the pics show, it is quite an amazing experience to see this. Porterhouse Central was our next stop, to sit and have a craft beer in this pub! Soon after we walked to the National Gallery, close by to see a free presentation of 10 original Leonardo da Vinci sketches. No photographs were allowed of course. It was quite impressive to see his works, and the explanations of the sketches. From there we went past the Dail ( which is the parliament building ) and had early bird supper at Hugo's an upscale restaurant. It was wonderful! Then we walked to the National concert Hall to take in a concert of oscar winning movie music scores. It was a great program conducted by John Wilson, an English conductor. Wonderful light uplifting music!! After that we caught the bus home, and called it a night. Thanks for checking in! Enjoy the pics.
Above: the Bank!! Converted to a pub!! Beautiful building
Above: Trinity College bell tower
Above: Trinity College campus
Above and below: Long Gallery of ancient books in the Trinity College Library
Above: Deb and I
Above: Shelbourne Hotel....famous Dublin landmark
Above: Waterford crystal chandelier at the concert hall , and the outside of the hall below
Above: the Elk, fossilized
Above: Geology building
Above: sculpture....you put your own interpretation on it!! The outer world breaks down, and inner world reconstructs?
Above: Ladders in every compartment of the library . Don't FALL!!
Below: Irish humour!! Gents toilet!! lol
Below: sculpture: The kiss
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