Day 6: Dublin to Edinburgh

Sorry for the delay in photos....and many more to come. Still have issues with one of my cameras....
Dublin

There was this tour that you could go on around Dublin and wear viking gear. Aimee was very upset that we did not chose to do this. I for one, probably would have done it, but would have had to erase or burn any evidence of going on it or paying for it. But, we did not....promise....nope....we DID NOT go on this!

Famous Molly statue....

Book of Kells - Trinity College. Exhibition was really cool and a must see if you are in Dublin. It is a copy of the first 4 gospels, made by monks and beautifully illustrated by monks. I just remember reading how they had to make the colours and paper and such - it was fascinating. The blue was only from a Lapis Lazuli (stone) found only in Afghanistan at that time and the red was from a pregnant insect body, and the purple was from a flower in the Mediterranean or something, and the paper was made from cows and it still had hairs in some places....
The Long Room exists in Trinity College. It is a library. One amazing library. A place that made Aimee fall in love. She fell in love with the oldness. The masses amounts of books. The heights of the shelves. The cool movable ladders. The ceiling. The floor. It reminded her of a scene from Indiana Jones....Did I mention the books? Aimee decided she could live there, in the Long Room. It became her favourite part of Ireland, or at least Dublin, but may for sure be one of her favourite places she has ever seen).

We could not take any photos inside, but you can read all about it here. Book of Kells

Kilmainham Gaol
Where U2 filmed their music video for A Celebration. We learned a lot about the struggles for freedom over many years and the sadness of the famine and the sad petty crimes that got people thrown into this jail or beheaded.



Stalking of U2/Bono - yes, we did try to go see a few things U2 related......we will post those creepy stalker photos shortly (we did not break any laws, however, promise, but may have been fun had we done so).

Dublin semi redeemed itself to me. I loved the Temple Bar area and the city was charming, but honestly, did not feel any different than North Eastern United States, probably because places like Boston were heavily influenced by Ireland, but I expected Dublin to be cooler.