2 August

It was still cold and damp today – quite a change from the heat of the mainland. We booked a hotel in Belfast through the internet for tomorrow night, but I realized that I entered tonight's date just as I hit the "submit" button. So I had to fiddle around with email and a couple of phone calls to get the reservation changed. We took a guided walking tour of Dublin for about three hours, hitting many of the politically and culturally historic sites around town. As always, it was informative and entertaining. We had lunch in a pub with most of the group afterwards, and then strolled around town for a few more hours. I tried sitting on a bike, just to see if my behind was recovered. It didn't hurt too much. We had soup for supper, trying to get warm, and spent the evening processing and emailing pictures.

Dublin hotel room

Dublin Castle

12:33 pm

tour guide

Lady Justice

Dubh Linn Garden

Couch House Gallery

Dublin

Castle

Various Walking Tour Sites

Christ Church Cathedral	River Liffey	Ha'penny Bridge
Fr. Pat Noise plaque	O'Connell Monument

Trinity College Dublin

2:34 pm	The Campanile (on right)	tiny construction zone
More Walking Tour Sites
William Conyngham Plunket Archbishop of Dublin 1884-1897	Wolfe Tone Sculpture	Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

Dublin street performer

Jim Larkin statue & The Spire

The Spire

Dublin street artist