Well we've checked off everything on our Dublin list and are now printing boarding passes and packing suitcases for the last time. Hard to believe a month has gone by. We are sad to be leaving Ireland but glad to be going home.
Today was museum day with three stops: National Museum of Ireland - archaeology, Museum of Natural History, and the National Library. We also walked the area around Trinity College again as well as the streets of southeast Dublin. I don't need a fit-bit, my feet say it was a full day!
Much of the fun in the time we've been in Dublin has been the impromptu conversations we've had with people trying to make our stay better. Bus drivers were always anxious to help, a lovely guy in the Museum of Ireland not only gave us directions but drew us a map with highlights noted along his suggested route, When we asked directions from a fellow who sold tickets for the hop-on, hop-off bus, he said he was off duty and going our way so walked us twelve blocks to our destination, all the time giving us a running commentary of the sites we were passing, the economy of Ireland, and what was best about being Irish ("laid-back, easy-going, nothing bothers us").
Did we like Ireland? You bet.
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| A real-life depiction of Bog Man . There have been many discoveries of Iron Age bodies in the bog lands of Ireland - perfect conditions for preservation. They are respectfully displayed in small, private rooms. |
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| Bronze-age gold jewellery from the "hordes of gold" hidden in the bogs. |
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| Main floor of museum. Modern adaptation of a very old space. |
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| Bog butter - actual butter preserved in containers in bogs (To keep it cool, then forgotten? For sacrifice?) |
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| Extinct giant "Irish Elk" |
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| Traditional Methods of Display in Natural History Museum - static but quite beautiful |
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