So many beautiful shades of red hair!

Today we explored the entirety of Dublin. In the words of everyone we met it is “teeny tinny” and we had fun going from shop to shop and seeing cafe after cafe. The emphasis of this English speaking crowd seems to be consumption, so shops were piled upon cafes stacked atop pubs. James was smitten with his purchase of a book on hieroglyphics and we found a great fair trade Oxfam shop to get gifts for his family and a belated b-day gift for Alyson (sorry, it’s soo late!).

We saw the free modern art gallery of Trinity College but balked at the expensive price of The Book of Kells exhibit. We then made our way to The National Library of Ireland’s on “Strangers to Citizens” about immigration and Ireland’s population.

We never really made it to the Castle or the other free museums, instead we walked in the Temple Bar area and heard the lovely accent and upbeat music.

However, we ate voraciously at a very good Indian place called Taste of India though we contemplated going to The Farm, a more expensive but interesting option for locally grown food. Maybe we will check it out later, but of course, we have to fulfill the national quota of beer and pub food first!

On a whim, we checked the box office for theater tickets, and luckily there were seats available for Riverdance tonight for only 10 euros per person. We can expect a ‘restricted view’ but the show is about the music anyways.

I wish we had time to visit the rolling hills of James’ ancient ballads and ditties. We hardly have a chance to mail a postcard to the US before it is time to go back and hang up our now well-worn backpacks. This only means, for me, more adventures to come;Onto the middle east and Africa next (umm, after a stint in the US saving up first)!