Dublin tour day

Most of us slept very good last night.  We woke up and gathered downstairs for a buffet breakfast.  We met up again at 8:50 am to get on a double decker bus for an hour and a half bus tour of Dublin.  The weather here is mild.  I went out in a thermal shirt a sweatshirt jacket and I was comfortable.  We'll see what the wind is like when we're out in the open.

We all five left at 9:00 am for the Dublin bus tour.  The weather was very nice for us in the morning but by lunch it was getting much colder.  From the top of the partially covered double-decker bus we saw 23 different locations throughout Dublin.  We took so many pictures my camera battery died.  Our tour bus driver was very witty.  We loved his jokes, facts, songs, and stories.  We drove back around until we found the Christ Church Cathedral.  We toured the Cathedral with our headphones on.  It was very nice.  Next, we ate lunch at a local pub.  It was nice and warm.  The food was really good there.  We left the pub and headed out on a leisurely stroll in search of The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St. Patrick.  That short walk brought us through a market area.  Everything looked and smelled fresh.  We got back on the bus and dropped Greg off at the Guinness Storehouse.  The four others drove around on the bus until we came to the Garden of Remembrance.   Very pretty.

Now we're relaxing before we go out tonight.  We have reservations at a pub with River Dancers. After a very short nap we went in search of a candy store we spotted.  By the time we got there it was closed. 

To Gaelic or not to Gaelic, that is the question.  There are many different languages here.  Most everyone we've had to communicate with speaks English.  However, strangers everywhere are speaking different languages.  I must say watching Sponge Bob in Gaelic is a hoot.

A few things to know about food and drinks here...lemonade means Sprite and when ordering coffee here, one needs to know whether you want it served black or white. 

All five of us met up at 7:45 pm for our "short" stroll to The Arlington Irish Dancing & Dinner Show.  We walked about five blocks too far in the bitter cold.  JD spotted the restaurant as we walked by but unfortunately we disregarded him comment of, "This is it right here."  We turned around and found it in no time at all.  The three course dinner was fair.  The river dance show was pretty good.  I think the best part was a birthday girl who we'll call Molly.  Molly was of course celebrating and drank maybe five beers too many.  She tried to get the entire audience to do some kind of wave going from table to table woot'n and hollar'n.  JD nearly saw her female part hanging out of her top.  It was extremely loud in there, but we had a grand time.  (Thanks again Lyndell for the "trip of a lifetime!")

Until tomorrow...slan.