Thursday, March 20
It’s a solid rain as we leave Leixlip and head for Dublin. (At least one of the party is thrilled, the others not so much)
Toured two of the free museums in Dublin. The National Gallery (which contained a ton of paintings, duh) and National Something Museum. This museum was located in a small building, but jam packed with animals (all stuffed or skeletal). The animals ranged from birds, to fish, to reindeer, to bugs, to lions, and everything in between and beyond. Caleb they even had a human skeleton all labeled with the various bones. Due to Rhino horn theft (for the supposed medicinal powers – which have been disproved. It’s made out of the same stusff as hair and fingernails, gross) the staff removed the horn and intend to replace it with a replica.
On our way to the National Gallery, we stopped to see Oscar Wilde.
We ate lunch at Bewleys, a very famous and old Irish eatery. The benches are obviously very old and at one time must have been for the very wealthy. Instead of dessert at Bewelys, we opted to head to Saint Stevens Green, grab some hot chocolate from Butley’s, and pick up some bread for the ducks since the sun had come out. Good choice, the park was beautiful and Julie and Cessy had a time feeding the ducks and swan. Donncha was more interested in eating the bread than feeding the ducks. At least he didn’t fall into the pond!
