Again, I woke up with the sun as Susan snoozed, I wish I could do that. Other than the first day in Iceland, I’ve not slept well as the sun comes up early and, without my eye mask, I seem to wake up with the sun.
Breakfast at the hotel and then off to Trinity College again to do a tour led by students. Our guide today was Eliza who had just graduated with a degree in drama, she used it well. One of the many things that we loved about Trinity College is that at graduation, they did not call you up alphabetically, they called the highest ranked student first and the lowest last…that’s harsh. My daughter would have loved it!
Apparently, there was a real pain in the ass professor there in the past and, apparently some of the students wanted to annoy him so they threw rocks at his window to which, he responded by shooting at them. Students being students, they returned with their pistols and returned fire. The Professor it seems, was shot and, died from his wounds. No one went to jail, he was that big a dick!
After a quick trip to retrieve our laundry, we visited Christ Church Cathedral, believed to be the oldest existing structure in Dublin and it dates back to Viking times. In itself, it’s a little dull. The crypt though, is pretty cool. With all the back and forth between Catholic and Anglicans (thank you Henry VIII) at some point, a Catholic power had over run Dublin and stated that Anglicans were nothing but Catholics without a Pope. To show his disrespect, he stabled his horses in Christ Church…take that Church of Ireland! What a waste of time.
Walked back through Temple Bar, had a pint of Guinness on the way over to Grafton Street, Susan needed some Retail Therapy although, I scored some new sunglasses. They have styles here that I can’t fine in the States.
Dinner was at Maddigan’s on Earl St., while it was traditional and there were a lot of locals, the food was, traditional Irish, not that good.
I heard from Nigel, looking forward to seeing them tomorrow.