We went downstairs to dine with the other guests. Philip ordered the full Irish breakfast. I don't remember what I ordered. I don't even have very many pictures from this day because 1) we didn't do a whole lot and 2) I wanted to conserve my poor battery life. Because of this, I can't really remember what all we did on that day. Lots of shops were closed due to Mother's Day. But I do remember we walked around the shops on Grafton Street and looked around St. Stephen's Green. We also finally made it to St. Patrick's Cathedral and it would be a safe bet that we stopped in at the Brazen Head for a bite.
 |
| From Ireland |
Walking down the stairs to breakfast I noticed this shot so I ran up the other flight of stairs for my camera
 |
| From Ireland |
View of Dublin from the window
 |
| From Ireland |
The doors of Dublin
 |
| From Ireland |
St. Stephen's Green
 |
| From Ireland |
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
While we were at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Alicia and I sat in the entranceway because we didn't want to pay for all of us to go in when, quite honestly, it's just another cathedral. So we paid for Philip to go through and we waited. While we were sitting there we noticed a couple of men acting suspiciously and they wouldn't go away. At first we thought they were plainclothes Garda about to tell us we couldn't sit there. But something was up so we went in and told the man at the front desk and he said they might be pickpockets. Apparently they'd had a terrible problem with them around Dublin the previous year so the garda had to watch the CCTVs to find them.
 |
| From Ireland |
Another thing we noticed was the ceiling of the little entrance way we were sitting in... that's a harp, some sort of flowers, and some sort of angel sculpture. And the CCTV camera.
We ended up at the Pillar because they had the best value and were closest to the airport. I remember walking our luggage all the way back up this exceptionally long route to get there. After we had settled in we went out for one final pint in Dublin.
 |
| From Ireland |
Dublin sunset over the River Liffey on O'Connell Street Bridge
We wandered into the Arlington Hotel because it was close and had the promise of Irish dancing.
 |
| From Ireland |
 |
| From Ireland |
Afterwards we went back to The Pillar for some rest before our flight home.
THE END
There's nothing much to note about the day we left or the flight home. The day started way too early and ended way too late but I am happy to report that we had absolutely amazing weather the entire time we were there and it didn't start storming until we left. However that thought was of very little comfort to me since I was flying out about 30 minutes before Philip and Alicia on my own flight and the storm made me nervous. But we all made it home safely, even Lauren about two months afterwards made it home from Italy. We still talk about how much we miss it.
 |
| From Ireland |
Towards the bottom left hand corner you'll see a circular rainbow. That's what rainbows actually look like from above.
 |
| From Ireland |
Ice sheets somewhere in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Canada. That's all I've got because there were no monitors anywhere.
 |
| From Ireland |
A really cool delta somewhere around the Canadian/US border
