Dublin - Day 2

What another great day! This post will have to be somewhat abbreviated as it is now 11:15 pm and our wake up time tomorrow is 5:00 am to get to our boat that crosses the Irish Sea to Wales! So here is the brief rundown of today:

We started with a great bus tour of Dublin with a city guide. We got to stop at several sites where she gave us some great history, including St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity College. We saw the Book of Kells (9th century Gospel manuscripts written in Gaelic). We then had the whole afternoon to ourselves! Some of the students enjoyed Dublin Castle and Library, others tried to find the leprechaun museum (its small), and the kids had their first shot at improving Ireland's economy by buying some souvenirs. We had dinner at a local pub called the Citi Hotel, where we were treated to traditional Irish Stew. After dinner we made our way out of town to a pub called The Merry Ploughboys, where we were able to watch traditional Irish singing and dancing. What a great evening…even some of our students were brave enough to get out there and dance a little! Unfortunately too late this evening to get pictures up, but hopefully soon!

Tomorrow as I said we head to Wales. It is a three-hour boat ride over the sea, and then we are going to visit a castle and tour the country a little bit. I do not think we have internet access at our next hotel, so I may not be able to post until the following day, when we are scheduled to arrive in London. Sunday will be mostly the drive to London from Wales, with a side trip to Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of William Shakespeare.

I am also going to start having the kids write up some things to post on the blog, so be looking for those. Other than that, we are having a GREAT time and we look forward to sharing more experiences and pictures soon! Mr. C