The Wonders of Scotland and Ireland: The Skies Cried

Last full day in Ireland and the skies cried. We were sad our vacation was over as well. We spent the day doing touristy things. We started off at Christ's Church Cathedral (beautiful) and took the crypt and bell tower tour for 4 Euro extra. So glad we did. We were even able to ring the bells! I can't believe they let us all do that. This bell tower has the oldest and largest collection of bells that ring full-circle.
Eric ringing the bells

View from the catwalk to the bell tower

View from the catwalk over to the bell tower

The bell tower

Gold in the crypts!

After the tour we went across the street to the Dublinia, which is a museum of the huge Viking history in Dublin. It was super informational and we could have spent hours in there, but we only took about one and a half.
We then went to St. Patrick's Cathedral. While standing in line for tickets we decided that it looked much like the Christ's Church... so we chose not to spend more money on it.

A short walk to Stephen's Green followed that, but before we made it there we decided to pop into a pub for a much needed coffee (I was so tired) and some lunch. While in there, it began to fill up. The rain had finally started. After lunch we were right by the famous Grafton street, so we walked up that to complete our walk to Stephen's Green (a large park by Trinity College).

Once we made it to the green we decided to stop by Dawson's Pub after our friend, Tom, told us about it- the smallest pub in Dublin - and it was tiny. About 20 seats.


Dawsons

We spent a bit of time in there writing a gift for a friend. Yes, writing a gift. Can't say more now because it'll spoil the surprise. :) Post trip note: We wrote "Pete's Magic Castle" to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon".

We then went to the Long Hall, which is a beautifully ornate Georgian style pub and was recommended by Darren, our connoisseur's tour bartender. And of course, we ran into a brother and sister who were in our connoisseur's tour as well. Amazing how small a world can be in a large city across the globe.


Long Hall

The evening was much like the previous evening except we did get to watch a sporting event at Trinity Pub. We watched the opening game of the big Football finals. I wish Ireland was playing - that would have been more fun. We then headed back towards Temple and people watched the rest of the night until we went to bed, happily ready to fly home. Cities always do that for us. It was a fantastic tour, but good to head home. Stay tuned for my next post - Interesting facts we learned about Scotland and Ireland.