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This weekend I went to Dublin Ireland.  We took a bus from Cheltenham to London, then London to Holyhead, where we got onto a ferry.  The ferry ride lasted about 5 hours, and we got in to Dublin at 5 in the morning.  It was cold, and everything was closed. Sage, Madison and I were exhausted- we didn’t get much sleep on the ferry as there were only benches and booths to lay our heads down.  The city was eerie and quiet, and i was glad to have the company. We sat in a Starbucks for 3 hours until the sun and the people came out.  Then, with heavy travel bags and eye bags, we set off to explore the city.  

Even though it was 9am, a lot of places were still closed.  So we didn’t get to go inside the Dublin Castle, but we were able to go into the courtyard which was really cool. We then went to Trinity College where the Book of Kells was. You had to pay to go in, but it was cool to see the old architecture anyways. Next we went to the National Anthropology museum which was free! They had a whole exhibit on Viking and Olde Ireland.  It was super neat to see the old artifact.  Next we went to the National Natural History Museum which we learned lated was called “the dead zoo”  They had a some beautiful taxidermy form over 200 years ago, and I got to see a Thylocine (Tasmanian Tiger).  They are one of my favourite creature and are presumed to be extinct.  After that we went to our B&B.   It was a lovely little place with 3 beds and a nice shower.  They also had 2 small, very friendly dogs which added to the happiness of finally being able to rest.  I fell asleep at 9pm that night.  The next morning was started with a lovely Irish breakfast courtesy of the B&B.  Then, we hopped on the “Hop-on Hop-off” bus for a tour around Dublin.  We went around once then stopped at:

Trinity College where I saw the the Book of Kells, and the library where people like Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare studied.  The library was also used as a model for the Harry Potter Library. 

The Oscar Wilde Park, where a stature of the man himself sits

Dublin Fine Art Museum, where I saw a Monet and Picasso

The Church of Saint Patrick