We did not have to get up too early this day. Our first stop was St. Kevin's Park with park and decommissioned church remains.
The official seal of Dublin. The Latin: "Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas" translates to "the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city". These are supposed to be castles, but I think that they look like ghosts with bicycle helmets on.
St. Patrick's Cathedral. We only saw the outside.
Christ Church Cathedral. We visited the inside, where they had a good audio tour, both for 12 Euro each. Travis used his phone for the tour that he had downloaded outside of the church. I got their audio guide device that had an option of a device that you held like a phone. They also had a version with corded earbuds.
There was a big snail in the outside garden.
Very pretty tile in the church. The choir and organ.
Baptismal font
The original tile
Downstairs in the cloisters. The cloisters included a Magna Carta. It was sent to the Irish and translated by the Irish to be applicable to Ireland. For example, River Thames was changed to River Liffey, or originally it was named River Anna Liffey.
The mummified cat and rat were interesting. The rat was originally a mouse, but the mouse was lost. The rat was found under floorboards. The story below.
We had lunch at SPAR. Travis had the Beef and Potato Pastry, which was greasy and okay. It was a potato pouch like a potpie in a non-pie crust. I had the jambon again; it was good. We had a big cherry Pepsi Max.
We walked by just to have a peek at Dublin Castle. It turned out to be free this day, so we went in. They allowed, but just asked, for backpacks to be worn on the front. We saw the staterooms with art; the art was numbered but not labeled. They had an audio guide download, but we did not try it. They just needed a website or paper that identified the numbers with information on the art. Many were portraits.
I liked this art; it looked 3D from a distance.
We visited the restrooms before leaving; this was the first restroom that we found with paper towels instead of just hand driers.
Next, we explored Trinity College. The Sphere and our reflection in the Sphere. By the Sphere was a display about the lady that the library was named after. She was a poet; they had some of her poems on the display. They were good.
In the student union type building, they had an art display by one artist. It was noise makers; I did not appreciate it much. Travis seemed to like it more than I did.
Then, we went to the Seamus Heaney display in the Bank of Ireland. He is a poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. It was a good display, free, and with friendly employees. They also had a restroom.
We stopped by a pub for a Guinness. Then, we had the Italian Job pizza at Little Pyg for 19.90 Euro with pepperoni, San Marzano tomatoes (we learned about them and saw them hanging to dry on the Amalfi Coast), mozzarella, pepperoni spicy salami (in strips, not round), and olive oil. It was good. They brought us utensils with napkins and brought another table plates. The restaurant/bar was under construction, so we got mixed information about how to order. Finally, we were told to sit and waiter will be by. The restaurant was in the Powerscourt Centre (mall that was previously townhouses). I liked in Ireland how you immediately paid for a bar drink or meal with a credit card tap. You did not have to try to get someone's attention when you are ready go and need to pay still. Also, tipping is not expected.
Finally, we went back to the hotel through St. Stephen's Park. This gray heron posed for a picture and then let out a big poop -- luckily I missed that in my pictures. Some pretty flowering trees.
